He's the real deal. And he was right. The two-time Academy Award winner, along with Darabont and other cast members, discussed bringing horror novelist Stephen King's popular book series to the big screen at a recent press conference at the Century Park Hyatt. Dressed in blue jeans, a green corduroy jacket and an Adidas cap, Hanks could have passed for Fidel Castro's kid brother. Nothing is more lonely than being the only guy in a scene.
Nothing is more hideous than that.
We were on that movie a long time and that means we were in prison for a real long time. The director, however, insists he's not striving to carve a niche out of period prison films. I wasn't looking for another prison movie, believe me. I didn't find anything that was really enough to spark my passion. I don't want to direct just to direct.