Misery Trivia Questions

King never intended a sequel connection. Paul Sheldon's Misery series is entirely fictional, though King has joked that Paul is his 'alter ego.'

That line and the sledgehammer scene were scripted by William Goldman. Bates did improvise the 'dirty birdy' comment and other small moments.

Paul survives in the novel; he escapes and Annie dies. The book ends with him struggling to write again, not with his death.

Reiner filmed the movie in sequence, a rare choice, to allow James Caan and Kathy Bates to realistically depict the progression of their characters' conditions.

Stephen King has stated that a nurse who cared for his mother exhibited a kind demeanor but also a controlling, unsettling nature, which helped inspire the dual personality of Annie Wilkes.

Louise Fletcher won Best Actress in 1976 for playing Nurse Ratched in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' a villain, predating Kathy Bates's win for Annie Wilkes.

James Caan did break his finger on set, but it was when he slammed his fist on the bed frame in frustration, not during the hobbling scene where only his character's ankles were broken.

King has said his cocaine addiction made him feel like a prisoner to his own success, directly inspiring the novel's themes of captivity and control.