In the 1990 film, Sheldon was played by the late James Caan. William Hurt said no twice. However, in 2015, a Broadway adaptation was ultimately produced to critical and commerical success, starring Bruce Willis as Paul Sheldon, and Laurie Metcalf as Annie Wilkes. Misery, Stephen King Paul Sheldon, the author of the best-selling series of Victorian era romance novels featuring the character Misery Chastain, has finished the . The car accident scene was captured with a setup involving nine cameras, "six or seven" of which actually functioned. Annie was my drug problem, and she was my number-one fan. She has a very simple appearance. Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Print. Another argument with Annie sets her off and she cuts off his left thumb with an electric carving knife. Paul, still somewhat drunk from the champagne he drank to celebrate completing Fast Cars, swerves off the road and crashes his car into a snow bank. Kathy Bates' character is a representation of his dependency on drugs, and what it did to his body, making him feel alone and separated from everything, while hobbling any attempts he made at escape. Misery - Broadway Play - Original | IBDB He awakens to find that he has been rescued by Annie Wilkes, a local former nurse who is a devoted fan of the Misery series. Rated R. English SDH. It helped explain for Bates why Annie had a historyas explained in the book and in the movieof killing infants and old people in her nursing care. "She was our first and only choice. By continuing well assume you You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. (136) The storys plot is now dependent on Palls character since his personality has changed him into a violent person, which led onto Annie getting even crazier resulting in more action. The program was later released on CD by the BBC.[37]. Roseanne Barr and Rosie O'Donnell were considered to play Annie Wilkes. Paul Sheldon. Warren Beatty showed a lot of interest and gave Reiner and Goldman ideas for the character before having to turn them down, too, because he had to keep working on Dick Tracy.