The Netflix Demon of Ohio: The cult movies that inspired the mysterious Madeleine Arthur

Already rise to The top of the busiest Netflix series This weekend is Devil in OhioA thrilling mini-series about a hospital psychiatrist who receives a mysterious teenage girl who is found with a five-pointed star carved into her back. Madeline Arthur played the role of a girl named Mai bonesEmily Deschanel as Susan, a woman who soon realizes she has a former cult member under her care. while we eat Netflix New ReleaseArthur gave us some insights into how she prepared for the particularly dark role.

Madeleine Arthur is famous for it role in all the boys TripleWhich ended last year. to prepare for Devil in Ohio, the actress told CinemaBlend what helped her land the character. In her words:

I’ve definitely researched a lot of different denominations. I read some books. I read the articles. I loved watching movies – like I watched Midsommar, Martha Marcy Mae Marilyn, which was great and I loved diving into it. The cults are wonderful. A lot of people seem fascinated by it. So it was definitely a good excuse to read more about it.

Arthur has gone to two recent films about cults in particular, and co-starred with her in the 2019 horror film Ari Aster. Midsmarwhich follows the character Florence Pugh who travels to a Swedish village and She surrendered to her faith after the death of her family And the breakdown of a romantic relationship. Midsmar A strong choice because it imagines how a person would join a cult if they were not supported in other aspects of their life.

Florence Poe in Midsummer and Elizabeth Olsen in Martha Marcy May Marilyn

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Martha Marcy May Marilyn It is a 2011 film starring Elizabeth Olsen, who plays a woman trying to integrate into her family after leaving an abusive cult. Goes much closer to the plot Devil in Ohio, especially since both this series and the movie really delve into the negative effects that cults can have on people even after they are removed from them. Arthur continued:

[I took] Little elements of it all, I think mostly it was just trying to make little bits that made Mai more real to me, so I can understand her mentality and love the psychological aspect of her, just understanding her as a human and conditioning her. So it was kind of taking everything I could and putting it all together.

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