“LATER” AUTHOR STEPHEN KING

“TELL ME YOUR SECRETS” STAR AMY BRENNEMAN

MICHELLE PARK & DREW ATTEMPT BEST FOOD TRENDS FROM TIKTOK

AIR DATE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3^RD

VIDEOS:

Stephen King Shares His Favorite Fan Story

https://drewbarrymoreshow.cimediacloud.com/r/5ZC7QJdCT35W

Stephen: I love when people say 'your story meant something to me.' My favorite story of all time I was in a Publix market down in Florida and I came around a corner and there was a lady in one of those little scooter carts that they have and she says, ‘I know who you are. You’re Stephen King. You write those horror stories. Well I don’t like horror stories very much but I respect your right to tell them.’ She said, ‘I like stories like ‘The Shawshank Redemption.’ I said, ‘I wrote that.’ And she said, ‘No you didn’t.’

On the Books: Stephen King Reveals He Disliked “The Shining” Movie, Bought McDonald’s Blizzard Shakes After Selling “Carrie” Film Rights & More

https://drewbarrymoreshow.cimediacloud.com/r/dsm4YNQ6r4f9

https://youtu.be/I0l5JBIargE

Drew: Okay ‘Carrie’ published in 1974, the movie released in 1976 what are your thoughts?

Stephen: Well what I remember is when the movie rights were sold for $6500, I ran out to McDonald’s and bought my wife and I orange blizzard shakes.

Drew: …Okay ‘The Shining’ published in 1977, movie released in 1980.

Stephen: Well I didn’t really like the movie that much, but I did like the little boy that played Danny, and of course since then, ‘Here’s Johnny’ has become associated with my name forever.

Drew: And why did you not love the movie?

Stephen: The book was warm, and the movie was cold. It was a Kubrick film and don’t get me wrong I loved everything else the man did, I just didn’t like that one. The greatest thing about it is if you’re not involved, if it’s really good you can say, ‘That’s based on my book.’ If it’s really bad you can say, ‘I didn’t have anything to do with it.’

Drew: Okay Firestarter, published in 1980, movie released in 1984, shot in 1982.

Stephen: I thought that you were terrific in that part, that was very, very difficult and you were great. Every time you got ready to light a fire your beautiful blonde hair would blow back it was great.

Drew: I loved getting to play Charlie McGee more than words can ever express and when you’re seven and you think you can blow people away with a fireball it’s really empowering. Okay from Different Seasons in 1982 came Stand By Me in 1986.

Stephen: What I remember about writing that was my wife and I were living in an old house that was too small for a writing room and there was a barn next door and I used to work on Stand By Me, which was then called The Body, in my underwear because it was summer and it so hot in there.

Drew: Okay one of my personal favorites Christine published in 1983, movie released in 1983.

Stephen: I had a Plymouth like that, it wasn’t quite that year but it was rattily and breaking down and one day when I was driving home I thought to myself, ‘What would be really great is if the odometer on this thing started to run backwards and every time it had fender bender or flat tire that thing would fix itself.’ I thought that’s a great story I think I want to write that it will be really funny but it didn’t turn out to be very funny after all.

Drew: …Misery, published in 1987, movie in 1990.

Stephen: At that time, I went to autograph signings and people would line up and they would all say the same thing, ‘I’m your number one fan.’ I thought to myself you can’t all be my number one fan.’…They would bring things and some of them were very, very serious about various parts of the stories and everything and I thought I would hate to be captured by one of these and have to write a book and then the thing just followed. It was just perfect, it was like automatic writing almost.

Amy Brenneman on Discussing Rebecca Schaeffer Story on Her Podcast "The Challengers"

https://drewbarrymoreshow.cimediacloud.com/r/xOamJNY3ePaf

Drew: One of the things with your podcast, The Challengers, of which you say you should look at things not as road blocks but as doorways and I was listening to the podcast where you talk to your amazing husband Brad Silberling, who is an incredible director and he lost his girlfriend Rebecca Schaeffer who was an actress, and I thought it was so incredible you guys talked about that story.

Amy: Yeah, well that is sort of a prime example of this devastating thing that happened to him, getting this call, that nobody wants to get, that your loved one has been shot dead randomly. And it reverberated throughout LA and the world and it was first time stalker stuff came to the front. I met Brad about five years after that, and I was immediately drawn to him and when I heard that fact about him I said, ‘I have all these big feelings but I don’t know what to do with this idea that he was in love with this beautiful young woman who was shot down and if she hadn’t died.’ I was kind of hung up on there is only one for everybody and if she hadn’t died and I was sloppy seconds. I was all in love and vulnerable and my father said, ‘Well if it continues and he continues to love you in a way that is good for you, you may come to feel grateful to her for teaching him how to love.’ And that is absolutely what happened…

Drew: …It happened in 1989 in West Hollywood and in 1989 I moved into my first apartment at 14, emancipated by the courts, and this very much was front and center news, there were no stories like it. It changed the landscape for everyone, and I thank you for sharing that because I was a part of that time and that culture. When Rebecca was unfortunately killed it changed everything for everyone.

Michelle Park and Drew Attempt the Best Food Trends on TikTok

https://youtu.be/J1hG_NTT32A

Jessica Liik

VP of Communications

The Drew Barrymore Show

Cell: 551-486-2761