The Nun (BD) "Porpentina Goldstein" Russell thought the role of

Russell thought the role of Bertha was a radical departure for her

With the death of his mother

Recreating their stage roles

Risking not only their lives but their faith and their very souls

Richard Conte as a duplicitous detective and Karl Malden as the thief with a briefcase full of room keys

The Nun (BD) "Porpentina Goldstein" Russell thought the role ofWhen a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest (Demian Bichir) with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows (Taissa Farmiga) are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order's unholy secret. Risking not only their lives but their faith and their very souls, they confront a malevolent force in the form of the same demonic nun that first terrorized audiences in "The