Siena Agudong

The second, uh, Pumpkinhead just came out.

Um, and then starring Siena Agudong, um, who is in the new Carrie TV show as Sue Snell.

Um, but it's essentially about this girl who's part of this f- um, fraternity and she's really drunk and, um, sees this murder happen, um, and convicts who sh- she thinks she convicts the wrong person, and so she is, keeps getting drunk to try to like remember the, you know, more details from that night.

Um, and it's essentially a slasher with a, a girl who's getting drunk all the time and it's, it's quite- ... enjoyable.

R- becomes a very nuanced portrait, uh, while still making it pretty monstrous.

Um, Sue Snell, as I mentioned, uh, by the young actress, uh, s- Sienna, uh, Sierra, uh, Sienna Agudong, uh, at first comes on pretty strong.

Like, oh, she's a much bigger part of this too, even, you know, even, even though she's already a major character.

But then in the l- kind of final stretch of it, she sort of recedes in a way that I found unusual.

Yeah.

Yeah, and that also, like, adds a really interesting layer because one of the first things we hear at the very beginning of the series is Sue, um, Sue Snell, played by Sienna Agudong, and she says, "What everyone is forgetting to mention is that we were just kids."

Yeah.

They were just kids, which doesn't absolve them of doing wrong things or bad things, but in their minds- They had time to, like, fix their mistakes.

[laughs] Oh my gosh.

So good.

Also, um- Sienna Agudong, who plays Sue Snell.

Yes.

It really does, especially when we sit down for the interview with Sue Snell.

In this version, Sue is played by Sienna Agudong, and Sue is a fascinating character in the Carrie mythos because she's always the one who survives, right? The one who carries the guilt.

She's the conscience of the story usually.

Exactly.

Uh, you know, the, the, the villain, I guess.

The closest thing to a villain, but also a, a villain with nuance, right? And then you've got Sienna Agudong as, uh, Sue Snell, who, you know, anyone who knows the original film or knows the, the book knows that Sue Snell is a, an important character too in this story.

She is kind of friends with the bullies, but she's the one with the conscience, right? She's maybe the one that actually feels for Carrie, that wants to help, that wants to do something, but ultimately doesn't really save her or help her in the end, right? And, and is quite a tragic character in a lot of ways, Sue Snell.

So, these two girls, these two performers absolutely are nailing it, I think, throughout.

Yeah

... those little sort of background bits in Sue's character.

And also, um, Sienna Agudong's, um, performance that didn't make me sort of think, like, well, this is ridiculous.

Like, how, how is there anoth- you know.

Right.

Arthur Conti as Billy, Sienna Agudong as Sue Snell, Alison Thornton as Chris Hargensen.

Yeah, and the article makes a very pointed comparison with John Travolta, who played Billy Nolan in 1976.

Oh, this part was wild.

After her father's sudden untimely death thrusts her into the unforgiving ecosystem of the public high school, uh, Carrie is forced to navigate a viral bullying scandal that tears through her community, the relentless pressure and casual cruelty of the social media age and the awakening of mysterious telekinetic powers that rise alongside her adolescence.

The series is written and directed by Mike Flanagan and stars Summer H. Howell, Samantha Sloyan, Sienna Agudong, Alison Thornton, Joel Ouellette, Josie Tota, Arthur Conti, Talia Dudek, Amber Midthunder, Matthew Lillard, Heather Graham, Kate Siegel, Michael Trucco, Rowan Danielle, Rahul Kohli, and Tim Bagley.

All eight episodes of Carrie will be streaming exclusively on Prime Video in the US and Canada on October 7th, 2026.

Let's dive in here.

And I, I, I was blown away because I think, again, like you said, there were so many times where I was just like, Why are you being so off? You just want to, like you said, reach through the screen.

And and that isn't something we could do as the audience.

But that is something that Sienna Agudong's character, Sue Snell, has opportunities to potentially do in this series.

Sienna plays Sue, Chris's best friend.

You know, all the other actors are, like, somewhat age-appropriate for the roles, and then in walks Joel Oulette, right? [laughs] He's like, "Hello, fellow kids," and you're like, "Get him out of here," again, as good as he is.

Sienna Agudong is also very good as a popular girl who tries to befriend Carrie, but you know, she's torn.

None of, everybody else is telling her not to talk to her.

And she does a really nice job, but it's, like, the least interesting role out of the whole group.

This is directed by Jem Girard.

It stars Sienna Agudong, Breck Bassinger, Elias Interlude, Jesse Diapivine, Gemma French, and others.

And as I said before we dove into it, I had a blast with this.

Jem Girard is directed one of my favorite To Be Originals, Slay.