Kiernan Shipka Calls Her 'Chilling' Sabrina Spellman a 'Badass, Outspoken' Girl

Kiernan Shipka is giving fans a little more insight as to who Sabrina Spellman will be on Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

Speaking with EW along with showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the 18-year-old actress shared that her Sabrina will have to make the ultimate decision – magic or mortality.

Sabrina is choosing between a human life and a magical one. That decision only becomes more complicated when choosing her powers could mean losing her free will.

“There’s this minor little thing of signing your soul away that sounds a little intense to Sabrina,” Kiernan says, revealing that the choice comes with maybe losing her free will.

“Sabrina has to stand up to the devil and these very formidable opponents, and someone like Kiernan has the gravitas and assuredness to do that,” Roberto added.

However, Kiernan says her Sabrina can handle the choice: “She’s this young, really badass, outspoken girl who is still individuating herself and figuring out love, as well as honing in on her power and struggling between these two completely separate worlds.”

For the first season, it will center on Sabrina’s “dark education”: “It’s all part of a bigger arc, which is her trying to hold on to her humanity as her witch nature is developed.”

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina debuts on Netflix on October 26th.