The Conjuring 3’s Ruairi O’Connor & Sarah Catherine Hook on Horror Sequel

The Warrens are back, with one of their most ripped-from-the-headlines cases yet. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, the third installment in the main Conjuring franchise of a now-extended horror universe, finds married paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) taking the case of a young man (Ruairi O’Connor) who’s committed a murder while, ostensibly, under demonic possession. As the Warrens get deeper into the case, boundaries become blurred and their lives become at risk to one of the most vicious forces they’ve ever faced. I spoke with O’Connor and co-starSarah Catherine Hook, who plays O’Connor’s struggling romantic partner, over Zoom for theConjuring 3press junket. We talked about O’Connor’s methods of playing two characters in one — the version that’s “possessed“ and the version that’s “himself“ — and about Hook’s fun, thrilling challenges flinging herself into the physicality of the pict