WARNING! This article contains SPOILERS for Apartment 7A!Paramount+’s horror movieApartment 7Adives into the dark history of the Bramford before the twists and turns ofRosemary’s Baby, but still briefly brings back Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse.Apartment 7Aexplores the story ofTerry Gionoffrio, a minor character from 1968’sRosemary’s Babywho was living with Guy and Rosemary’s neighbors, Minnie and Roman Castevet. While Rosemary met Terry in the original movie during a memorable scene in the laundry room, her time in the 1968 film was cut tragically short when Rosemary and Guy discovered that Terry had fatally fallen from the window of the Castevets’ apartment.
Apartment 7Athus includes some events occurring before theend ofRosemary’s Baby, but begins several months earlier than the 1968 movie.Apartment 7Aends with the death of Terry Gionoffrio, revealing that she fatally jumped from the apartment window in order to sacrifice herself and kill the Antichrist, as the Castevets’ cult had impregnated her with Satan’s offspring.In the movie’s final moments, the Castevets walk up to the crime scene as new versions of Guy and Rosemary speak with the policeabout Terry’s death, setting into motion the Woodhouses’ own sinister experiences inRosemary’s Baby.
Amy Leeson Plays Rosemary Woodhouse In Apartment 7A
Rosemary Woodhouse Was Played By Mia Farrow In Rosemary’s Baby
While the iconic character was portrayed by Mia Farrow inRosemary’s Baby,Rosemary Woodhouse is played by Amy Leeson inApartment 7A. Before the2024 horror movie, Leeson appeared inDoctorsas Josie Flagg,Rules of the Gameas Amy Dixon, andThe King’s Manas “Pub Girl #1.” Unlike the original movie, Leeson’s Rosemary doesn’t have any speaking lines inApartment 7A, as the prequel skips over the 1968 film’s scene in which Rosemary and Terry meet in the laundry room.
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Scott Hume Plays Guy Woodhouse In Apartment 7A
Guy Woodhouse Was Played By John Cassavetes In Rosemary’s Baby
Guy Woodhouse has even less screen time inApartment 7Athan Rosemary, with the soon-to-be villain only appearing in the prequel’s final moments at the crime scene. After being played by John Cassavetes inRosemary’s Baby,Rosemary’s husband Guy Woodhouse is portrayed by Scott Hume inApartment 7A. Hume’s other notable credits outsideApartment 7Ainclude roles inThe Crownseason 4’s cast,Autopsy: The Last Hours of, andStar Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedias a Stormtrooper.
Why Apartment 7A Doesn’t Officially Introduce Guy & Rosemary
Guy & Rosemary Woodhouse Don’t Have Any Speaking Lines
Though they’re the main characters inRosemary’s Baby, Guy and Rosemary are largely absent fromApartment 7A. The most simple explanation for the two being left out of the prequel is thatGuy and Rosemary’s story has already been told inRosemary’s Baby; audiences already know what happens to them and their interpretations of the events at the Bramford, butApartment 7Aintroduces these twists from the perspective of Terry. During the prequel, Minnie and Roman’s main focus is on having Terry birth the Antichrist, so Rosemary and Guy have yet to truly factor into the plot at this point.
By failing to properly introduce them, the prequel reminds audiences that they’re simply seen as vessels for the cult’s evils rather than real people.
Additionally, theinteractions between Rosemary and Terry would have very different meanings inApartment 7Athan inRosemary’s Baby. The prequel reveals that Terry was skeptical of the Castevets and had already been pregnant with the Antichrist when Rosemary and Guy moved in, so her praising the couple in the laundry room wouldn’t make sense.Apartment 7Aalso situates Guy and Rosemary as the perfect pawns for the cult who simply fell into the Castevets’ laps; by failing to properly introduce them, the prequel reminds audiences that they’re simply seen as vessels for the cult’s evils rather than real people.
Apartment 7A
Cast
In this psychological thriller, a young woman is forced into a mysterious cult after moving into a seemingly ordinary apartment complex. As strange events occur there, she begins to question her sanity and the motives of her enigmatic neighbors.
Rosemary’s Baby
Directed by Roman Polanski and starring Mia Farrow, Rosemary’s Baby chronicles the chilling tale of Rosemary Woodhouse, the wife of an actor who, after finding out she is pregnant, begins to suspect that her unborn child is something far more sinister than a normal baby. John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, and Maurice Evans also star.
