Actress Joey King has opened up about her time on the set of the horror movie "The Conjuring," revealing the physical condition she developed "out of nowhere."
King played a demon-tormented girl in the 2013 film when she was 12 years old. But in a recent interview on "The Drew Barrymore Show," she admitted that the things she experienced from her made her "shudder."
The actress said that she suddenly developed an unexpected blood disorder while she was playing the character of Christine Perron.
“It was pretty intense. Some weird things happened on set, plus the movie was scary,” she revealed. “It's true, I developed this weird, weird blood disorder out of nowhere, and basically, my body, like all the red platelets in my body, was kind of drained. They were just gone.
The condition was so serious that King went to the hospital before each shoot to make sure she didn't need a blood transfusion.
King was at "high risk of internal bleeding." The actress said that "every day before and after work" she had to "go to the hospital, have my blood drawn."
Barrymore was shocked by King's story when the 22-year-old revealed that the condition suddenly stopped as soon as she finished filming "The Conjuring."
“Then all of a sudden I came home and I have never had a problem with my blood since,” she said. "Every time I think about it, I shudder a little."
In another interview in 2020, King told radio host Howard Stern that the strange condition was discovered when bruises began to appear randomly on her body during filming.
“In the [film], when the mother is possessed, she gets all these bruises,” King revealed, saying that it was during those scenes that she noticed “a lot of bruises appearing on my body.”
King, who comes from a mixed Jewish and Christian background, said she realized that her experience was nothing more than normal.
The Bible often speaks of demonic possession and warns believers not to participate in the darkness.
The "Conjuring" franchise was written by Christian screenwriters Chad and Carey Hills. Although many Christians think that horror movies are bad and should be avoided, the writers maintain that their movies show how faith defeats evil.
“For us, it's very simple; we love doing true stories where good defeats evil. 'Conjuring 2' is a story told through the eyes of believers, whose strongest weapon is their faith in God. Our film allows believers and non-believers to travel with them on their journey and in some way maybe affect someone who is on the brink of faith and in some way give them the strength they need," the couple told The Christian Post in the past. interview.
They added: “For us, in addition to our own faith in Jesus, the symbol of the cross radiates that faith for those who hold it, hang it and even tattoo it! Some may have a Bible in their home and think they are protected. But without studying it and believing it, it is just like any other book. Same with the cross. You have to believe in what you stand for."
