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David Dastmalchian plays Lester Billings in the Stephen King movie The Boogeyman, but initially turned down the role because it was too dark
Stephen King’s short story The Boogeyman is about a man named Lester Billings, who visits a psychiatrist after his children have been killed by the title character. David Dastmalchian plays Lester Billings in Rob Savage’s The Boogeyman movie. The story King wrote is not included in During an interview with Collider, Dastmalchian revealed that he initially turned down the offer to play Billings because he didn’t want to go as far into the darkness as the character required.Dastmalchian said, “I read (the script) and I said, ‘Absolutely not. No interest in portraying Lester Billings. I’m not interested in going there. I’ve done way too much in the dark. I need a rest, and I’m not able to do it. We’re emerging from a pandemic. It was a dark period in our lives. To bring to life someone who represents so many things that scare me about this life …’ was a challenge. And then, when The Boogeyman
had been slated for release on Hulu, but after a successful test screening, the decision was taken to release it theatrically. The film centers on a 16-year-old and her younger sister, still reeling from the death of their mother, as they’re targeted by a supernatural boogeyman, after their psychologist father has an encounter with a desperate patient in their house.Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (
A Quiet Place
) wrote the initial draft of the script for The Boogeyman, which was then rewritten by Akela Cooper (
Malignant) and more recently Mark Heyman (Black Swan). King said that the writers’ work resulted in “a fantastic screenplay”. Despite the fact that it’s quite different from the source material, a short story that appeared in the pages of King’s Night Shift collection.The film stars Chris Messina (Sharp Objects), Sophie Thatcher (Yellowjackets), Marin Ireland (
The Umbrella Academy), Vivien Lyra Blair (Bird Box), Madison Hu (Voyagers), and Dastmalchian.The Boogeyman was produced by Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, and Dan Cohen of 21 Laps Entertainment, the company behind Stranger Things. Executive producers are Emily Morris, Beck, and Woods. You can read a review by Chris Bumbray, JoBlo’s own, HERE. You can read a review written by Chris Bumbray, JoBlo’s very own Chris Bumbray, HERE. Please let us know what you think by leaving a message below.
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