. “Bonnie is such a horror icon and she’s been in so many great horror films. This is obviously her defining role; this is the one everyone knows her for.”
“She’s got a great scary energy on set,” says Chaves. “When she gets into makeup and steps on set, it is really chilling. She’s really in it and it brings an energy, and I think everybody responds to it. The crew responds to it and the actors respond to it.” “She is, it should be said, a lovely person outside and just the total opposite. She’s very fun and lively and easy to talk to. Just a great person,” he says.
Aarons, 62, debuted as Valak in 2016’s “The Conjuring 2,” when she stalked Ed and Lorainne Warren, played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga. She has appeared in additional Conjuring films, and the Nun spinoff from 2018 was the greatest moneymaker for the series.In the follow-up, which is set in 1956 France, a priest is brutally killed, leading Sister Irene to look into the case and bringing her back into contact with Valak.