Stephen King himself, is quick on responding to “The Stand” remake that is greenlighted to hit the big screen. King wrote to Entertainment Weekly, speaking his honest thoughts, and they aren’t too kindly either. He says, no actor would be able to top the performance of Gary Sinise as Stu Redman, he thought Gary’s performance was the best. King suggest  Jake Gyllenhaal to take over the role. King admits he never knew about this until the news hit hard on the internet, so King obviously browse the web like all of us. Even King knows that this would be tough to make this a 2 hour movie, but he said a trilogy could work. He wants Billy Bob Thornton to play the Trashcan Man. He also joked there would be a lot of heavy metal music for the soundtrack.

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Ouch! Sounds like he’s not too happy with the remake and likes the  mini series better! Even King can be critical of his own projects!

Kev