Mallory Bechtel Reveals Sasha Pieterse Reached Out After Casting 'Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin'

Beware of liars: there's a mean new girl in town, and her name is Karen Beasley. Mallory Bechtel — who you might know from 2018's 'Hereditary' or 2021's 'Know Fear' — plays Millwood High School's queen bee in the HBO Max series 'Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin,' the premiere of which will have take place on July 28. the town of Millwood, Pennsylvania, and finds a new generation tormented by an unknown abuser, aka "A".

Sasha Pieterse played the original lovable bully in Freeform's "Pretty Little Liars," but she's ready to hand over the baton. "When they posted my first look as Karen, Sasha Pieterse commented and added me. [She] gave me words of support saying, 'It's always so much fun being a mean girl , enjoy this experience,'” Bechtel reveals to POPSUGAR. "We were on set, and I forgot how to talk and got so hot. I was so horny. I've loved Sasha for so long - '[The Adventures of] Shark Boy and Lava Girl', everything she did. It was so surreal, and it was so sweet of her. I was so happy."

Very little is known about Bechtel's character and her connection to "A" in the new series. However, in an April interview with E! News, showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa said Karen was once a "good friend" of Bailee Madison's Imogen, "but since their falling out, she's become the daily antagonist of our little liars." Could Karen be "A"? It's possible, but that would be too easy, wouldn't it? I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Image source: