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Production anecdotes cover Caan, the actors’ rehearsal conflict, adaptations, effects, and King’s addiction metaphor
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- James Caan reportedly had unusable footage after arriving hungover and reimbursed the studio — Bill Simmons
- Some dialogue is suspected of having been looped, though the reason is uncertain — Bill Simmons
- Stephen King is reported to have called Annie Wilkes his favorite character — Bill Simmons
- Caan preferred discovery during filming while Bates preferred rehearsal; Reiner found a middle ground — Bill Simmons
- A 2015 Broadway adaptation starred Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf and used a Goldman script — Bill Simmons
- Castle Rock season two also adapted Annie Wilkes material — Bill Simmons
- A DVD feature described Annie as a broad catalog of mental illness — Bill Simmons
- The hobbling prosthetics used gelatin legs, wires, and openings in the bed for Caan’s real legs — Bill Simmons
- King later explained Annie and the hobbling as metaphors for his drug dependence and inability to escape it — Bill Simmons