Kate Siegel on Carrie’s Killer Soundtrack, Floating Cars, and Her Feature Directorial Debut Method: Podcast

Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | More Platforms Kate Siegel knows a thing or two about making audiences uncomfortable, but for her latest collaboration with Mike Flanagan, the Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass star wanted to give everyone a little happiness before the inevitable horror. Directing the third episode of Prime Video’s Carrie, Siegel turns a high school house party into a defining moment for Stephen King’s tortured teenager, drawing on her own experiences with bullying, adolescent freedom, and the kind of music that can make a single night feel like the rest of your life. Speaking with Kyle Meredith, Siegel digs into her carefully curated soundtrack, the surprisingly old-school trick behind a floating car, and how her upcoming feature directorial debut, Method, is taking shape. Listen above or wherever you get your podcasts. Siegel specifically requested the party episode, recognizing that Carrie’s brief taste of teenage normalcy would make everything that followed considerably more devastating. “The better I make the party for Carrie, the more anxiety-inducing it is for people,” she explains. Music became her secret weapon, with a soundtr...