About this episode

Wil Wheaton discusses the emotional impact of revisiting 'Stand By Me' and narrating 'The Body' audiobook.

I hope you brought your sad tissues with you today because this episode gets emotional real dang quickly. Our guest is Wil Wheaton who is returning to The Kingcast to talk about all things Stand By Me and The Body as Rob Reiner's film celebrates its 40th anniversary and Wil steps behind the mic and into adult Gordy LaChance's shoes as he narrates a new audiobook of Stephen King's novella, The Body. We recorded this just two days after Wheaton appeared on stage at the Oscars for Rob Reiner's memorial and let's just say the emotions are still running strongly, but luckily for us Wil is very open about what he's feeling and what Rob meant to him as an artist and a father figure, the man who Wil believes was the first person to actually show him unconditional love and support as a young man. So jump in as Wil recounts some stories from the making of the iconic movie and gives us insight into the process of revisiting this classic 40 years later where he, not Richard Dreyfuss, gets to lead us through it. As a special bonus, Simon & Schuster have given us a preview of Wil Wheaton's reading of The Body, which is available for purchase now wherever you get your audiobooks. Make sure…

People in this episode

Guest: Wil Wheaton

Topics covered

• emotions
• audiobook
• film history
• nostalgia
• Stephen King
• Stand By Me
• Rob Reiner

Keywords

• Wil Wheaton
• Stand By Me
• The Body
• Rob Reiner
• Stephen King
• audiobook
• nostalgia
• film
• emotions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Simon & Schuster, FANGORIA Podcast Network

Books & works: Stand By Me, The Body

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