Rogers, Chelcie Ross, and Octavia Spencer. Once he got on camera, he brought that shoulder for Alison to lean on.' Many of the actors playing secondary characters in Drag Me to Hell have appeared previously in Raimi's films, including Joanne Baron, Tom Carey, Molly Cheek, Aimee Miles, John Paxton, Ted Raimi, Bill E. But as we were looking at his reading, Sam said, 'There's no minimum age requirement on wisdom.' Dileep has that wisdom and presence on screen, and that’s what made him right. Dileep Rao, who plays Rham Jas, made producer Grant Curtis mildly hesitant in casting him, stating that during his audition 'he was a little bit younger than he read in the script. Raimi would later ask Raver to use some of the Hungarian words in the scenes of Ganush's attacking Christine. It was only later that I saw the whole script and said, 'Oh my!' To prepare for this role, Raver met with a Hungarian dialect coach and asked to have portions of the script translated into Hungarian.

Raver was not aware of the specific nature of her character until being cast, stating that all she had read was 'about a little old lady coming into the bank because they're closing down her house. Stage actress Lorna Raver auditioned for the role of Mrs. The main role eventually went to Lohman, who didn't enjoy horror films, but enjoyed doing the stunts during filming. Ellen Page was originally cast for the main role of Christine, but dropped out of the project due to SAG strike-related scheduling issues. Unlike his past horror films, Raimi wanted the film to be rated PG-13 and not strictly driven by gore, stating, 'I didn't want to do exactly the same thing I had done before.' Īfter completing the script and having the project greenlit, Raimi started casting the film. The most significant parallel is that both stories involve the passing of a cursed object, which has to be passed to someone else, or its possessor will be devoured by one or more demons. James' short story 'Casting the Runes') such as the similar-shaped demons and the three-day curse theme in the film.

Elements of the film's story are drawn from the Britishhorror film Night of the Demon (itself an adaptation of M.R. The Raimis tried to make the character of Christine the main focal point in the film, and tried to have Christine in almost all the scenes in the film. The Raimis wrote the script as a morality tale, desiring to write a story about a character who wants to be a good person, but makes a sinful choice out of greed for her own betterment and pays the price for it. The film went into production under the name The Curse. The original story for Drag Me to Hell was written ten years before the film went into production and was written by Sam Raimi and his brother Ivan Raimi.

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