- "You know, every morning I wake up and, for a split second, think I'm normal... then I remember."
- —Bonnie
Bonnie is a character from the horror film The Craft. She is a witch. She was portrayed by Neve Campbell. Bonnie is presented as a shy, insecure young girl who suffers from burn scars along her back and shoulders which she acquired from a fire incident when she was a child. Once Sarah Bailey joins her coven, she is able to cast a spell which relieves her of both her physical and emotional scaring, causing her to become beautiful and conceited.
Background
Bonnie was born in 1980, presumably in Los Angeles, California. Sometime prior to the beginning of the film, Bonnie was involved in a fire accident, which left her back and shoulders horribly disfigured.
The Craft
Initially, Bonnie is presented as shy and insecure, most likely from her burn scars. She wears her hair over her face and dresses in dark clothing. It's possible that she cuts herself. She is best friends with Nancy Downs, a punk girl and Rochelle, the only African-American in her school. Together, the girls practice witchcraft hoping to find a fourth member so they can achieve full power.
Sarah Bailey, a suicidal teen with supernatural powers, befriends Bonnie, Nancy and Rochelle who reveal to Sarah that she is a witch, like them. They slowly accept Sarah into their coven. Now at full power, the girls cast individual spells for persona gain. Bonnie casts a spell to become beautiful, which magically heals her burn scars. She begins to dress differently and act more conceited everyday, as a result from the spell's backfire. Sarah believes that using magic inappropriately will invoke the Rule of Three, a Wiccan law which states "what you send out, you get back times three." At first, Bonnie and the girls blow Sarah off and begin to use the power of glamour to attack Sarah for wanting to leave the cirlce, but Sarah invokes the god Manol to bind Bonnie, Nancy and Rochelle's power.
Casting
Producers spotted Neve Campbell from her TV show Party of Five. Prior to The Craft, Neve had never done movie work. She was asked to read and the producers eventually decided that she'd "make a good Bonnie."
Powers and abilities
Bonnie is a witch, thus possessing magical talents. She is capable of focusing on an intent and outcome and willing it to happen. Once her coven was at full quota and full magical power, she was able to manipulate a car and cause it to hit a vagrant who was harassing Sarah. She later on cast a spell to make herself more beautiful, causing her horrific burn scars to heal. She is also capable of a wide variety of feats such as levitation, glamouring, levitation, etc. She embodies the element of fire, therefore she most likely is more adept in fire magic and pyrokinesis.
Trivia
- Neve Campbell (Bonnie) became best friends with Rachel True (Rochelle) during filming.
- Bonnie was portrayed by Neve Campbell, who also portrayed Sidney Prescott, a character from the Scream franchise.
- The Craft came out the same year as the movie Scream.
Quotes
"Excuse me, but I've spent a big part of my life being a monster and now that I'm not; I'm having a good time, I'm sorry that bothers you."
(To guy) "Nice ass!"
(To Sarah) "How have you been sleeping?"
(Talking about her scars) "You know every morning I wake up... and for a split second I think I'm normal... then I remember."
References
- ↑ Lost her powers due to the misuse of them