Final brief section of his chapter on Misery from Which Lie Did I Tell?
The Author Sees His Children
Misery was Stephen King’s baby. He made it up. And we wanted very much that he like what we had done with it. He was in California and a screening was arranged, hundreds of people, and he sat unnoticed in the middle of the audience. (King, in case anyone is interested, is amazingly unpretentious. And real smart.)
Anyway, the screening starts and we are pacing around in the back or sitting in corners, because this book meant a lot to him. Near the climax, Annie Wilkes is bringing some champagne into Paul Sheldon’s room, supposedly to celebrate, but as in the novel, she is planning to kill him. She puts a gun into her apron.
Now, by total accident, the person sitting next to King is involved with Castle Rock. And reported the following. As Annie takes the tray down to Paul’s room, an edgy Stephen King is hunkered down in his seat, muttering to himself. And this is what he is saying: “Look out …. don’t trust her … she’s got a gun in her ayy-pron ….”
(He liked it fine. As did we all.)
Hahahaha. I love that little story.
Hee hee – I love that! Thanks for posting all of this! It’s made my day (couple of them, actually).
I’m often left completely cold by ‘making of-‘special features about the blue-screen CGI and so on.
But people stories? How they worked out the problems? Can’t get enough.
Thanks, Tracey!
I loved that “watch out she’s got a gun” and he wrote the story!!!
Thanks Tracey!