Jack Nicholson played Jack Torrance in the 1980 film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Shining, but Ben Stiller will soon be presenting his own version of the character on stage.
According to Variety, Stiller is in talks to star in the upcoming theatrical adaptation of Stephen King’s classic story by director Ivo van Hote.
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The production of Van Hote is scheduled to go up in the West End of London next January, with rehearsals starting in the fall.
According to Variety, the production is expected to be closer to King’s novel than to Stanley Kubrick’s film, which the American author criticized, among other things, for attributing Torrance’s psychological collapse to the Overlook Hotel’s remote location rather than to the supernatural ones. hotel forces.
Simon Stevens will be the screenwriter and Sonia Friedman and Colin Calder are going to be the producers of the play.
Ben Stiller made his Broadway debut in the 1986 production of “House of Blue Leaves,” and then returned to production in 2011 for a revival with Eddie Falco and Jennifer Jason Lee.
Belgian director Ivo van Hote has directed the Broadway productions “A View from the Bridge”, “Network” and “West Side Story”. In 2019, he directed a show in the West End at All About Eve starring Gillian Anderson and Lily James.
To get Jack Nicholson in the right agitated mood while filiming the shining (1980) he was fed only cheese shandwiches for two weeks which he hates 🧀#TheShining #Cinema pic.twitter.com/EAwA56fibx
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Torrance’s role is undoubtedly a challenge for Stiller as he was identified with Jack Nicholson’s iconic performance in the 1980s.
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