Netflix's 'Little House on the Prairie' Reboot Features More Complex Portrayals of Ma and Pa Ingalls
Netflix's new adaptation of "Little House on the Prairie" follows Laura Ingalls and her family as they leave their home in the big woods to start anew on the prairie. The show features young Laura (Alice Halsey) and her sister Mary (Skywalker Hughes), while offering more nuanced, complex portrayals of Ma and Pa Ingalls — played by Luke Bracey and Crosby Fitzgerald. The actors describe their versions as "flawed and complex" human beings rather than idealized parental figures, bringing a fresh, grounded take to the beloved classic story.
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We're playing human beings and human beings aren't perfect.
It was so fun and so nice playing flawed and complex versions of Pa and Ma Ingalls.
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