Tom Hiddleston has mentioned that his upcoming Stephen King adaptation The Life of Chuck reminds him of The Shawshank Redemption.
The new movie is an adaptation of a brief story from King’s novella If It Bleeds, a set of 4 tales first launched in 2020. It will depict three tales from the lifetime of Charles “Chuck” Krantz.
Appearing on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, the actor, who will play the title character, mentioned that of all King’s well-known works, it’s a earlier movie adaptation that he feels his new venture most intently resembles.
“What I like about this materials and the brief tales on the market, was it appeared to be resonant of the Stephen King who wrote The Shawshank Redemption,” he mentioned.
“There’s a heat and a sort of spirit that’s actually on the facet of life within the story, that I actually related to once I learn it. It was simply essentially the most extraordinary script. I related to it instantly. So once we met, I simply mentioned ‘This is superb. Can I come and do it? Can I please come and do it?’ And yeah, and we had a good time.”
The 1994 movie basic The Shawshank Redemption was based mostly on King’s 1982 novella, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption.
The Life of Chuck is written and directed by Mike Flanagan, who has beforehand helmed movies together with Doctor Sleep and Oculus, and not too long ago created the Netflix miniseries The Fall of The House of Usher.
Hiddleston will star within the movie alongside Mark Hamill, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Karen Gillan.
Earlier this yr, Hiddleston’s fiancée Zawe Ashton revealed the piece of recommendation that he gave her about working within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She performs Dar-Ben in The Marvels, whereas he has performed Loki in a number of movies and exhibits.
“One of the principle takeaways from our conversations was: ‘What you set into Marvel, you get again’”, she mentioned.
“He mentioned, ‘If you go into this with an open coronary heart and an amazing work ethic and simply wish to present a tremendous expertise for the followers, you’ll have a tremendous expertise on these units.’ He actually empowered me in that approach.”
The Fresh Meat star added: “He additionally had some excellent sensible recommendation, which was: Make positive you’ve sufficient zippers to go to the lavatory in your costume. Which is superb recommendation, I realise now.”
Hiddleston gained a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his position within the 2016 BBC collection The Night Manager.
