You’ve probably seen all of those who would you want to be quarantined withOpens in a new tab lists circulating. It’s a valid question to consider. But have you ever stopped to think about who would be the worst person to be quarantined with? Author Stephen KingOpens in a new tab stopped by The Late Show with Stephen ColbertOpens in a new tab this week to promote his new book If It Bleeds and divulged which of his characters he absolutely would not want to be stuck indoors with.
King has a lot of awful sorts to choose from, but it probably wouldn’t surprise you to know King picks Annie Wilkes from Misery. King didn’t even skip a beat when saying the character he would least like to be quarantined with is Annie WilkesOpens in a new tab. He joked Annie would make him write a story and it would all end terribly. Next on the list was of course, Jack Torrance from the 1980 horror classic, The ShiningOpens in a new tab. King said he worried that Jack would start writing, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”
Uh, yes, I would also be concerned about that happening.
Carrie, The Shining, It, Misery, Pet Sematary, and Doctor Sleep… Those all have characters we would rather not be stuck in a house with. Things are scary enough as is. Case in point: in the interview with Colbert, King says, “imagination is a terrible thing” during this time. He says he can imagine germs as big “as wagon wheels” on his hands after he gets groceries. Well, thanks Stephen King. Now I am also imagining that.
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And as they conclude their conversation, the duo switches gears to talk about The Lord of the RingsOpens in a new tab. Colbert loves Middle-earth, and he knows King does as well. They nerd out about Samwise Gamgee, a character they both agree is their favorite. King discusses how Lord of the Rings taught him to write fiction. It is the most pure discussion.
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