How old is the girl in Firestarter?

Ryan Kiera Armstrong as Charlene "Charlie" McGee, an 11-year-old troubled girl struggling with anger issues and mood swings mostly due to her pyrokinesis. She is the daughter of Andy and Vicky McGee.
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How old is Charlie in Firestarter book?

Firestarter is a 1980 novel by Stephen King. It's about a 7-year-old girl named Charlene Roberta McGee (she goes by Charlie), who can start fires just by thinking about it, or if she's feeling particularly upset; she also has a hint of precognition and a fair amount of telekinesis.
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Who plays the little girl in Firestarter?

In the 2022 Firestarter, Charlie is played by 12-year-old Canadian actor Ryan Kiera Armstrong.
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How old was Drew Barrymore in Firestarter?

The first “Firestarter” (1984) starred a not-yet-10-year-old Drew Barrymore as a girl who can start fires — with her mind, which makes all the difference.
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How did the girl in Firestarter get her powers?

Charlene Roberta "Charlie" McGee (born 1975) is the daughter of Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson in the novel Firestarter. Her parents gained psychokinetic powers after being injected with the chemical drug Lot Six in a government sanctioned experiment. Charlie was born with pyrokinetic powers.
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Is Firestarter related to Carrie?

Stephen King's 6th published novel, titled Firestarter, was published on September 29th 1980. Though King feared it was too similar to Carrie, he pushed through the writing process and produced somewhat of a sister story to his first success.
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Is Firestarter based on Carrie?

The book Firestarter is very similar to the Netflix series Stranger Things. It is confirmed in the book Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down that The Duffer Brothers took inspiration from Firestarter, along with the books Carrie, The Dead Zone, The Body, The Shining and It.
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Did Stephen King write a sequel to Firestarter?

Obviously, Stephen King didn't write a sequel. So all that would need to be explored, but I feel like we created a world in this, and some characters that I feel like their stories could definitely expand, expand and go on.”
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Was Drew Barrymore in the original Firestarter movie?

Drew Barrymore won the part, and was around eight years old when she played it. Drew Barrymore had to be filmed on a soundstage for certain scenes (including the climactic barn fire) which were shot at night because the production could not have her work all night long.
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Did E.T. come out before Firestarter?

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Try watching this video on www.youtube.com, or enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser. Drew Barrymore starred in her first Stephen King film "Firestarter" two years after her big break with "E.T."
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Is Drew Barrymore in the remake of Firestarter?

Though emotional, Drew certainly approves

Drew Barrymore shared a heartfelt moment with the actress replacing her in the reboot of Firestarter, and as soon as she saw her, the host couldn't hold back her tears.
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Is there a Firestarter 2?

Firestarter: Rekindled (retitled Firestarter 2: Rekindled for home video) is an American television two-part miniseries. It serves as a sequel to the 1984 film adaptation of the 1980 Stephen King novel Firestarter.
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How did Carrie get her powers?

Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
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How old is Drew Barrymore?

Moments after bursting into her Midtown talk show studio on a late February morning and announcing she is “tripping” over the palindromic date — 2-22-22, which makes her 47 years old — Barrymore wishes a happy birthday to each crew member who says it to her.
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What does Stephen King think of the new Firestarter movie?

King said: "I read the script beforehand and I thought to myself, okay, what they've done here is they have concentrated the story and made it a family story. And I love that. They've kept the major beats in the story and thank God they got a real Native American to play John Rainbird.
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Is Firestarter 2022 a remake?

2022's Firestarter, a remake of the 1984 film of the same name starring Drew Barrymore, stars Zac Efron and Ryan Kiera Armstrong. The film, adapted from the novel by Stephen King, opened only a week after Marvel's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
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What does the ending of Firestarter mean?

In Firestarter's ending, Charlie finally exacts her revenge on The Shop, the government agency that has torn her life apart. Thanks to the telepathic link they share, Andy, who has been taken into custody by The Shop, gives Charlie mental flashes of where he's being held–or so she thinks.
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What was the moms power in Firestarter?

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Vicky possessed a minor form of telekinesis; she could apparently close a door just by looking at it, but this left her with a minor headache and she showed no sign that she was fully aware of her use of her powers.
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Why did Rainbird want Charlie?

He plans to kill Charlie, because he is convinced her death would give him special power, which he wants to take to the other world.
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Is Carrie a demon?

Carrie is a demon in the series.
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How old is Carrie White?

Plot. In the Maine town of Chamberlain in the year 1979, Carietta "Carrie" White is a 16-year-old girl who is a target of ridicule for her frumpy appearance and unusual religious beliefs, instilled by her despotic mother, Margaret.
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Why is Carrie's mother crazy?

She sinned once: when she had sex with her husband. And the punishment was Carrie, her own daughter, whom Margaret believes is either the Antichrist or Satan himself. She's so obsessed with her religious beliefs, she's willing to kill her own daughter to help cleanse the world of sin.
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What happens to Charlie McGee?

Due to a mistake made by Shop agents, Vicky was unnecessarily murdered and Charlie kidnapped. Using "the push" to stop the agents from pursuing him, Andy is able to rescue Charlie and the two live together for several years as fugitives, moving whenever Andy feels the Shop may be catching up to them.
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