FREAKY: Vince Vaughn Reacts to Stephen King’s Praise
Mike Sprague
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Two months back, Stephen King praised Blumhouse and Christopher Landon’s new horror-comedy Freaky, saying Vince Vaughn should be nominated for an Academy Award for his performance. And today, Vaughn spoke about King’s praise.
He tells ComicBook.com: “Yeah. I’m a big fan of Stephen King, his writing too. I remember I was saying earlier that his… He wrote a series of books called The Bachman Books under the name Richard Bachman, and he had a short story in there called ‘The Rage,’ which was one of my favorites as a kid. He’s a tremendous writer, and obviously, the films of his books have been terrific. So that was very flattering for him to say that, definitely.”
Its interesting Rage is Vaughn’s favorite King book. Especially since King let it go out of print after the Sandy Hook shooting. He even went so far as to publish a Kindle Single essay in 2013 called Guns which profits went to prevent gun violence.
Directed by Landon from a script he wrote with Michael Kennedy, the film is described as a twisted take on the body-swap genre, and centers on high school student Millie Kessler (Kathryn Newton) who becomes the newest target of the Butcher (Vince Vaughn), an infamous serial killer, during her senior year. When the killer’s magic dagger causes her to swap bodies with him, she discovers she has only a day to reverse the switch or remain trapped as a middle-aged murderer hunted by the city, while the real killer targets her classmates at Homecoming.
Freaky hit theaters TODAY. Will you check it out?
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