What happened to The Exorcist’s Linda Blair?: From child stardom and scandal to playing S Club 7’s landlady
The IndependentGet our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As Regan McNeil, the demonically possessed schoolgirl in William Friedkin’s The Exorcist, Linda Blair spits obscenities, projectile vomits, defenestrates a man, slaps a priest and masturbates with a crucifix. “Billy Friedkin came to me before we were filming and said, ‘If you do not do all of this film, the film will be a joke,’” Blair recalled. open image in gallery Not quite so spooky: Blair on the ‘Exorcist’ press tour in 1974 If the film itself did not do damage, the resulting media attention certainly did. open image in gallery Truly terrifying: Blair stars alongside Rachel Stevens, Jo O’Meara and Tina Barrett in the S Club 7 sitcom ‘LA 7’ The Exorcist cast a long shadow over Blair’s life.
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