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| Name: | Heather |
| Role: | Antagonist Bully |
| Status: | Deceased |
| Cause of Death: | Face smashed against a window |
| Portrayed by: | Samantha Weinstein |
Heather is the tertiary antagonist in Carrie (2013). She is portrayed by Samantha Weinstein.
History
Heather along with Chris, Nicki, and Tina watching Carrie, when she is sobbing.
Heather was a member of The Ultras. She was one of the popular girls who tormented Carrie White in the locker room. Heather also took place in throwing tampons at Carrie yelling, "Plug it up." She is also seen giving Carrie an odd look because of her whining.
Heather as Chris asks her to ditch detention along with her.
Heather is forced to be in Miss Desjardin's detention, because she took place in tormenting Carrie. When Chris asks Heather if she will take part in ditching detention with her, she ignores and looks away.
When Carrie uses her telekinesis to break the bathroom mirror, Heather walks in with a plain face, confused, not understanding what happened. She also notices when Sue isn't feeling well while they are decorating, hinting Sue's pregnancy.
Heather gets ready for prom with Tina Blake and Nicki and Lizzy Watson. Heather is seen getting her hair curled. She also says, "I know Chris isn't coming. She is suspended" to Tina, Nicki and Lizzy. She attends the prom with Brian Maxwell.
At the prom, Heather helps Tina and the Watson twins collect the ballots, implying she agrees and helps with the prank. When Sue arrives she asks Heather where Chris is, Heather lies and says she isn't there.
When the blood is poured on Carrie and the shower video is shown, she bursts into laughter along with the rest of the The Ultras and students.
However, Heather also quickly notices when Carrie's blood begins floating and begins to worry and attempts to flee with Brian, pulling him towards the door. When he refuses to leave, she lets go and continues towards the door.
Heather is killed.
When Carrie sends her telekinetic shockwave, knocking everyone down, Heather fearfully begins running as fast as possible to the exit.
Before she can make it out, Carrie throws her across the room and smashes her into the fire door window which kills her. The window cracks it and leaves a spot of blood behind.
Notes
- Her death was confirmed via Twitter by her portrayer Samantha Weinstein.
- That is also where her name was offically confirmed.
- For fan purposes, Samantha Weinstein gave her the surname Shyres. However, no official sources have named the character this.
- Heather had knowledge of the prank during filming and she told Sue a lie about not knowing. But in the final cut of the film, the editing made it at first sight seem, as if she didn't.
- Heather, besides Sue, seemed to be the nicest of Chris' Group, even though she took place of throwing tampons at Carrie and was laughing at Carrie when she got humilated.
- Heather is the only member of The Ultras whose name isn't a nickname.
- Chris - Christine
- Tina is likely Christina
- Sue - Susan
- Nicki is likely Nicole
- Lizzy is likely Elizabeth
- Samantha confirmed that Kimberly said Heather was a hybrid of a few characters from the original film and the book.
- Heather is the equivalence of Helen Shyres, but she did not have a big part of a role as the 2002 version of Helen Shryes did and she was more evil.
- She also confirmed, that Heather had no last name, but fans use Shyres do to the character being based on Helen Shyres.
- Although Heather is a secondary character, she is considered a tertiary antagonist, because she is the least participative of The Ultras.
- Heather also laughs when Chris says to Carrie "You eat sh*t."
- Even though Heather is said to be the nicest of the Ultras, she was still a bully and was mean to Carrie.
- She and the rest of the Ultras took part of throwing tampons at Carrie and laughing at her hysterically at prom along with The Twins and Tina Blake.
- Her death in the trailers were seen to have faster or slower motions. In the offical trailer, it shows a quick peak of her death. Then in the other TV spots, her death was very fast. However, in the movie, it was a very fast motion.
- Heather is very clearly based on Helen Shyres, however, Helen's name is seen on a prom ballot, meaning that even though fans use the surname for Heather, it may not be Shryes.
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