Ellen Burstyn will be returning for the upcoming The Exorcist sequel nearly 50 years after the original hit theaters.
The 89-year-old actress has now opened up about why she said yes to this sequel version after previously turning down a return many times over the years. Click inside to read more… “You know, what happened was I’ve turned down many versions of The Exorcist 2,” Ellen explained to The Hollywood Reporter in a new feature. “I’ve said no every time.
This time they offered me a whole bunch of money and I still said no.” However, wheat changed her mind around was that “they surprised me and they came back and said, ‘We doubled the offer.’ I said, ‘OK, let me think about this…That’s a lot of money.
Let me think about it.’” “The next thought that came to mind was: ‘I feel like the devil is asking my price.’ And the next thought that came to mind was, ‘My price is a scholarship program for talented students at our master’s degree program at Pace University.
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