yusiko posted...there is a reason barbara was basically a moving prop throughout the movie
she wasnt in the original script
when they came to the town to start filming they met her actress who IIRC was a waitress
they liked the way she looked and thought she would be perfect for the movie but all the parts had already been cast
so they wrote a character into the script for her. creating the iconic opening "they're coming to get you barbara"
and thats why in the opening she does everything right and is competent but after ben shows up she does nothing. its because they couldnt rewrite the plot around one character so they wrote her one scene and then hide the character in the corner with only a handful of references to her.
the other female characters were ok like the teenage girl who decided she wasnt going to stay and wait for the men to do everything and chose to go with them (which ended badly for her)
and of course the mother who was my favorite character in the movie.
the remake isnt really better. it does improve the character of barbara but it somehow made the gas truck scene death scene even dumber than it was in the original
I don't know where you've heard this but it's not true.
Barbra was always in the script. In fact the triva there is that in the original script
Barbra survived the night I think you might be right that they just hired her because she was a chick who was nearby but they didn't invent a lead role for the hell of it
On top of that, multiple people play multiple roles in the movie because it's so low budget. There's no way they would add a whole new main female lead with a new paid actress after they already started filming.
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^ Hey now that's completely unfair.
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