304: An Interview with William Sadler

About this episode

William Sadler discusses his roles in various Stephen King adaptations and shares stories from his acting career.

William Sadler has been in some of the best Stephen King adaptations, including the Frank Darabont Trifecta of The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and The Mist and now he's on The Kingcast to discuss all that plus detours to his starring role in Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight, his oddly nude bad guy in Die Hard 2, Death in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, and his latest film, a tongue-in-cheek genre flick called The Yeti, which is out on digital April 10th. Sadler is one of our best character actors and has some great stories to tell about his time working in the business. Plus we find out he has a secret Stephen King performance that we never knew about!

People in this episode

Guest: William Sadler

Topics covered

• Stephen King adaptations
• film industry
• character acting
• interviews
• horror films

Keywords

• William Sadler
• Stephen King
• The Shawshank Redemption
• The Green Mile
• The Mist
• Tales From The Crypt
• Die Hard 2
• Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey
• The Yeti

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Mist, Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight, Die Hard 2, Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, The Yeti

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