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The Independent ran a piece on The Method in which John Hiscock remembered the exploits of the actors who have used the technique over the years. Sissy Spacek was introduced to the Actors Studio and auditioned for Stephen King’s Carrie (1976), She didn’t wash, put Vaseline on her hair and turned up in [...]






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