Laurie Metcalf isnt playing crazy.
As Annie, Metcalf is writing between the lines.
Whether shes using a typewriter to do so is irrelevant.
Credit: Joan Marcus
Those little drops go a long way.
In Stephen Kings novel, shes a woman full of tornadoes waiting to happen.
I was attracted to the weird humor in it, Metcalf recalls.
Joan Marcus
There are a lot of really bizarre laughs.
To be clear, theyre chuckles borne from Annies extreme unpredictability and the audiences own familiarity with the character.
You want to keep it vague that she just cant find a place.
Only good and bad.
You do one bad thing, youre a dirty birdy.
Good is an interesting word for her.
You must be agoodman or you never could have created a character like Misery Chastain.
But then he kills her off, and now hes dirty.
But maybe he can be saved.
He can also be hobbled.
The audiences delight only aids Metcalfs performance.
I like it becausetheylike it, Metcalf gushes.
I want it becausetheywant it.
