First Omen star recalls scary moment filming prequel

And speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com, the star admitted to being a little terrified on one or two occasions while she was on the set of the film.

“Oh, we had some scary times,” she explained. “We were all kind of excited that we were haunted and that we had a curse.

“And so every little thing that happened, we were like, ‘[It’s] the curse!'”

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She added: “There was a particular moment where I was in my dressing room and – I mean my dressing room, it was like a stone room with a mattress on the floor, because we were filming in the orphanage at this moment.

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“So it was just… we were actually in this old building. And they were filming this other scene, and I heard them knocking on my door to come get me.

“And I got up and opened the door and there was no one there!”

Free added that “things like that would happen all the time” behind the scenes, but said the process of filming the scenes themselves was a little less scary.

“Actually, it’s daytime and you’re with all your friends and you know blood is normally syrup,” she laughed.

Yet these more comforting memories didn’t necessarily reassure her when it came to viewing the finished product.

“Honestly, hand on heart, I was really scared to sit there and watch it,” she revealed.

“I watched with my dad, just the two of us, and he doesn’t scare easily, and we were both really, really scared in that movie. For example, I look at my friend in the corner of the room and I I’m terrified of her!”

She added: “I was like, ‘You’re terrifying, I’m scared to go to dinner with you!'”

The First Omen is released in UK cinemas on Friday April 5, 2024. Check out more of our movie coverage or visit our TV guide and streaming guide to find out what’s on.

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