While we'll certainly miss the Crain family, we're glad that many of their actors are getting to share the screen again with Netflix's The Haunting of Bly Manor [1]. Based on Henry James's The Turn of the Screw [2], Bly Manor centres on an au pair that's hired to watch two perfectly splendid children at a remote estate. With no help from the children's uncle, supernatural forces start to get the best of those who take residence at the titular Bly Manor [3]. Although there are similar aspects between seasons — primarily absent father figures and ghosts that are up to no good — Bly Manor has an entirely different feel from Hill House. If you're interested to see who made the crossover between creepy manors [4], keep reading to see all the actors [5] that were in both casts.
Victoria Pedretti as Eleanor "Nell" Crain and Dani Clayton
Pedretti is probably one of the most heartbreaking characters on Hill House. As the younger of the Crain twins, Nell is still reeling from her experience with the Bent-Neck Lady. On Bly Manor, Pedretti gets a somewhat happier tale as au pair Dani. Both have equally traumatizing experiences with ghosts, one just gets to live a little longer.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Luke Crain and Peter Quint
While Jackson-Cohen's Bly Manor character Peter is much more clean-cut than his Hill House counterpart, he's also much more sinister. Possessive and mean, it's hard to feel any empathy for him. With Hill House's Luke, you just want him to succeed — particularly after he loses the sibling that means the most to him.
Henry Thomas as Young Hugh Crain and Henry Wingrave
Thomas deserves all the awards for his portrayal of Henry on Bly Manor. Sort of lost at the beginning, Henry redeems himself towars the end of the season, and in the eyes of his family. Henry and Hill House's young Hugh Crain share this in common, though Hugh has a lot more obstacles to overcome than Henry.
Kate Siegel as Theodoura "Theo" Crain and Viola Lloyd/Lady in the Lake
As Theo on Hill House, Siegel is sensitive to ghosts and the evil that goes on around her. Both Viola and Theo are strong, independent women, but Viola has to be so in the 1600s when it was arguably more difficult to hold your ground as a woman. After Viola's death on Bly Manor, she becomes the vengeful Lady in the Lake, and Siegel is divinely terrifying as viewers learn how Viola becomes the Lady in episode eight.
Carla Gugino as Olivia Crain and The Narrator
As the matriarch of the Crain family on Hill House, Gugino is warm and welcoming, even when she's causing the deaths of those she loves around her. Her character on Bly Manor is somewhat sombre, and it's not until the end we discover the reason why: she's actually an older version of Jamie the gardener [7], who regales her story to the wedding party.