“I was like, ‘Is this what it’s going to be like??'”

she said of playing Sally.

“I remember it feeling like a trial run.”

Kiernan Shipka attending The 2024 Hollywood Critics Association’s Astra Creative Arts, Film & TV Awards

““I’m glad for that.

Now older, Shipka says she can understand Sally’s psyche more than she ever could while playing her.

Her journey from child actor to adult star was all about debuting a new identity.

Kiernan Shipka at the 2024 GQ Men Of The Year Party

“I went, ‘My gosh, I’ve been working for so long.