![]() ![]() ![]() Henry Deaver's ( Andre Holland) death row client Leanne Chambers ( Phyllis Somerville) was convicted of killing her abusive husband Richard. In fact, there's a direct reference to the warden who offed himself in that novella/movie: while giving a tour of the warden's office, a character says "You can still see the bullet hole where Warden Norton-" before he gets cut off. Much of the action of Castle Rock revolves around Shawshank Prison, which you know from The Shawshank Redemption. The opening credits are shots of pages that reference a slew of King's novels, including the Castle Rock-set Needful Things and Cujo, but also many other famous stories, including IT, The Shining, The Green Mile, 'Salem's Lot, The Tommyknockers, Storm of the Century, Misery and Dolores Claiborne.Ĭastle Rock Is Worth a Visit, Even if You Don't Get Spookedīill Skarsgard, Castle Rock Patrick Harbron They're the most obviously referential actors on the show, but Melanie Lynskey is also a King vet: she starred in the 2002 miniseries Rose Red, which he wrote, and Frances Conroy, who plays Warden Lacy's widow, was on the TV version of The Mist. No word yet on whether her Castle Rock character has psychic powers. And Sissy Spacek, of course, played the titular role in Carrie, the cult classic adaptation of King's debut novel. Bill Skårsgard was terrifying as Pennywise in IT - a role he'll be reprising in next year's sequel - and is terrifying on Castle Rock, too, in a completely different way. The casting of these two actors is a conceptual Easter egg, as they are both well-known from their roles in King adaptations. The presence of Sissy Spacek and Bill Skårsgard On Castle Rock, he's played by two actors in different timelines: by Jeffrey Pierce in 1991, when he was still sheriff and in 2018 by Scott Glenn, after he's retired. ![]() Pangborn was played by Michael Rooker and Ed Harris in the respective movie adaptations of those novels. The only character directly taken from King's books to appear so far on Castle Rock is Alan Pangborn, who was the sheriff of Castle Rock, Maine, in The Dark Half and Needful Things. Scott Glenn, Castle Rock Patrick Harbron, Hulu ![]()
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