No, The Craft’s Balk is not, in fact, a witch

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not, in fact, a witch. Sad face.

“The true story is I found this occult shop in L.A. and I used to go there to ask them questions and do my research,” Balk said.

“They were really lovely people. She couldn’t put the kind of money into it that it needed to keep it up and so it was going to be turned into a Chinese restaurant. I thought for the oldest occult shop in the country, that’s a tragedy.”

She added, “There was a man that used to work there and he had an encyclopedic knowledge of the subject and he was a sort of a teacher to me.

“I thought, what a shame this is going to be turned into a Chinese restaurant.

“So I bought it and put some work into it and helped it survive.

“But people of course were like, ‘She bought an occult shop and she’s fully into this and it’s all real.’ That has taken on its entire own mythology that’s essentially out of my hands.

“You can tell the truth and talk to people but they want to believe what they want to believe. What can you do? I’m not involved with that shop anymore. It was a very long time ago.”

Balk also clarified that she is not a practicing Pagan, and only heard those rumours when she started filming the movie.

Aside from a few memorable follow-up roles in American History X and Almost Famous, Balk has mostly disappeared from the acting world, remaining relatively out of the limelight.

As it turns out, she didn’t resort to magic to make her star shine brighter.

Let’s just hope she didn’t betray her coven ...