Gloria Reuben
We have now arrived to what is a presently the biggest question mark in the established cast of this particular project. It has been confirmed by Blumhouse Productions that Mr. Robot/City On A Hill’s Gloria Reuben has joined the cast of the new Firestarter adaptation, but what isn’t clear as of yet is what role she will be playing. We know that she won’t be playing Andy’s wife/Charlie’s mother, Vicky (more on that in a minute), and there is only one other significant female character in Stephen King’s book: Norma Manders, one half of an elderly couple who at one point in give shelter to the protagonists. It’s possible that role is being altered to be more appropriate for Reuben, but there are two other possibilities as well, which are A) she is playing another significant part from the novel that has also been altered, or B) she is playing an original character invented for the new film. We’ll update this space when we know more.
