Mercedes, which moves to its new home on Peacock on Thursday, Oct. 15.
“I’m so happy that Peacock is doing this because I felt like withMr.
Mercedesat AT&T we had brought a stadium show to a folk club,” King says.
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“Now people are going to get a chance to see it.”
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: The three seasons ofMr.
Mercedeswent through your three books, and the ending was well-received and sort of tied things up.
Fans are wondering if a fourth season could happen; what are your thoughts on that?
STEPHEN KING:I would love to see that happen.
I think the actors would like to see it happen because they got into those parts.
Actors have a way of doing that.
They have a way of settling in like into a new house.
What did you think of the show’s decision to rearrange the books?
So that book 2 was covered by season 3?
Well, I think they did that because they wanted to finish with the story of Brady Hartsfield.
They wanted to keep a timeline, it fit things.
Then they had to change things a bit because of the backstory ofFinders Keepers.
I won’t go into all that.
We won’t say he lives.
We won’t say he dies.
We’ll just say that there’s a jaw-dropping moment at the end of season 2.
So I think they did the right thing.
Which is closer to how you envisioned her?
[The Outsidershowrunner] Richard Price’s concept of Holly was a little bit different than mine.
you might see that confidence.
Millions of people watchedThe Outsiderand now millions of people are going to have the opportunity to watchMr.
You mentioned how Holly evolved into the lead of a story inIf It Bleeds.
Has there been any interest in doing a standalone series on the character?
I don’t think so.
Mercedeswas greenlit for a fourth season, that would be in the realm of possibility.
Obviously the first exhausted the material in the great book you wrote.
Can you give fans a sense of where that story goes in season 2?
I know exactly where it’s going because I have seen some of the scripts.
I could tell you, but then I’d have to kill you.
I’ll just say that it’s really great and a real spooky paranormal element.
You, of course, haveThe Standcoming in December.
How does it compare to thewell-liked 1994 version?
Obviously, they’ve updated it.
But the characters are terrific.
Everybody is really good.
I don’t think anybody can topGary Siniseas Stu Redmond.
ButAlexander Skarsgardis a good Randall Flagg, he just knocked it out of the park.
It’s big, let’s put it that way.
No, I don’t think so.
It’s not like COVID-19 where you’re able to actually protect yourself.
You wrote the final episode with a new coda at the end.
Is there anything about that final episode that you felt improved on your novel?
I was able to bring things back around.
Recently there is was news that anEyes of the Dragonseries is no longer in development at Hulu.
Has anybody else picked that up?
Not that I know of.
You have a Hard Case Crime book, titledLater, coming in 2021.
There will be two next year.
I don’t want people to get used to that or think that that’s the norm.
But it’s just the way things happened.
So there is another, but I don’t want to say anything about it yet.
Brendan Gleesondid such a great job inMr.
Mercedes, now he’s playing Trump inThe Comey Rule.
Obviously, you tend to discuss politics on Twitter.
I haven’t seen it yet.
There’s so much to watch now on streaming.
I’m watching this show calledRatched.
Netflix has spoiled me completely.
You sometimes get backlash for political tweets.
There’s been some debate over whether celebrities have a responsibility to use their platform to speak out nowadays.
Do you think they do?
No, I don’t think they do.
We have a right to talk just like anybody else.
