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Why This Royal Role Was Recast

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[Blind Gossip] Sometimes roles get recast.

It might be because the producer decides that the chemistry between cast members isn’t quite right.

Or it might be for other reasons that nobody wants to talk about!

There was a movie in the 1980s based on a novel by a very famous author who likes to scare his readers. The author has a royal name. The movie centered around a group of teen boys.

The film was a success and all of the young male actors in the movie went on to bigger careers.

A cable/streaming service is currently incorporating some of the characters from that 1980s movie into an anthology series. The series includes different characters from many of the royal author’s works and is doing well enough that it is coming back for another season.

For the new season, they cast a handsome and strong actor to play a grown-up version of one of the boys.

They filmed for about a month.

Then they decided to replace him.

The official reason given for the recasting:

It was simply “a creative decision.”

The real reason?

They got tired of him showing up to the set drunk.

Producers quietly released the drunk actor, replaced him with a different actor, and re-filmed all those scenes.

Nothing to do with Game of Thrones. We just loved Jack Gleeson in the role of Joffrey Baratheon!

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[Optional] Do you think his drinking is a temporary issue or a deeper problem?

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  1. rlikesbikes says

    1980s Movie: Stand By Me

    Royal Author: Steven King

    New TV Series: Castle Rock

    Drunk Actor: Garrett Hedlund

    Replacement Actor: Paul Sparks

    [Optional] Do you think his drinking is a temporary issue or a deeper problem? Always a deeper problem.

  16. Italia886 says

    1980s Movie: Stand By Me (based on the novella The Body)

    Royal Author: Stephen King

    New TV Series: Castle Rock

    Drunk Actor: Garrett Hedlund

    Replacement Actor: Paul Sparks

    Optional: Definitely a deeper issue…. he seems like he’s been out of it for a while.

  22. jenbean says

    1980s Movie: Stand By Me

    Royal Author: Stephen King

    New TV Series: Castle Rock

    Drunk Actor: Garrett Hedlund

    Replacement Actor: Paul Sparks

    [Optional] Do you think his drinking is a temporary issue or a deeper problem? I’d say it’s a deeper problem because it’s impacting his work.

  32. NikkieLynn says

    1980s Movie: Stand By Me
    Royal Author: Stephen King
    New TV Series: Castle Rock
    Drunk Actor: Garrett Hedlund
    Replacement Actor: Paul Sparks
    [Optional] Do you think his drinking is a temporary issue or a deeper problem? Deeper…much much deeper.

  41. LizardQueen says

    Stand By Me
    Stephen King
    Castle Rock
    No clue…
    No clue…

    And big props on bringing back all my emotions of loving to hate Joffrey! He was so awful and amazing!!!!

  43. bluthbananas says

    1980s Movie: Stand by Me
    Royal Author: Stephen King
    New TV Series: Castle Rock
    Drunk Actor: Garrett Hedlund
    Replacement Actor: Paul Sparks

    [Optional] Do you think his drinking is a temporary issue or a deeper problem? Hopefully just a phase.

  46. sbellmoore says

    Movie: Stand By Me
    Author: Stephen King
    New Series: Castle Rock season 2
    Drunk Actor: Garrett Hedlund
    New Actor: Paul Sparks

    It’s a shame, I really like Garrett Hedlund and his potential. He was so good in Mudbound and Mosaic.

  49. LolaLockdale says

    1980s Movie: Stand by Me

    Royal Author: Stephen king

    New TV Series: Castle Rock

    Drunk Actor: Garret Hedlund

    Replacement Actor: Paul Sparks

    Optional: gutted because I really like Garret Hedlund but if he can’t stay sober enough to keep a job then clearly there is a serious issue

  58. WrongAgain says

    1980s Movie: Stand By Me
    Royal Author: Stephen King
    New TV Series: Castle Rock
    Drunk Actor: Garrett Hedlund
    Replacement Actor: Matthew Allen
    Not sure, I haven’t followed him much, but I hope he gets it figured out. Seems talented.

  65. Arcadiarose says

    1980s Movie: Stand by Me

    Royal Author: Stephen King

    New TV Series: Castle Rock (season 2)

    Drunk Actor: Garrett Hedlund

    Replacement Actor: Paul Sparks

    [Optional] It seems like this isn’t the first time we’ve heard of him hitting the sauce pretty hard. Hope he gets some help, he’s a talented guy.

  67. ncd112 says

    I have never been so certain of a blind. My favorite author and some of my favorite stories!

    1980s Movie: stand by me
    Royal Author: stephen king
    New TV Series: castle rock
    Drunk Actor: garrett hedlund
    Replacement Actor: paul sparks

    [Optional] Does it really matter? Actually a little surprised though as uncle stevie had his issues over the years and would have thought if he could he might try to help someone with their demons. He might not have that much creative control tho.

  73. BabyBeluga says

    1980’s Movie: Stand By Me
    Royal Author: Stephen King
    New Series: Castle Rock
    Drunk Actor: Garrett Hedlund
    Replacement: Paul Sparks
    Optional: Sadly I think he may be an alcoholic if his drinking is costing him jobs. He’s gorgeous and ruining his looks with the booze. Get it together Garrett!

  78. atomicmom says

    Stand By Me
    Stephen King
    Castle Rock
    Garret Hedlund
    Paul Sparks

    I think if you lose a job because of drinking it’s already a huge problem, and has been for quite some time

  79. Dragnflyz says

    1980s Movie: Stand By Me

    Royal Author: Stephen King

    New TV Series: Castle Rock

    Drunk Actor: Garrett Hedlund

    Replacement Actor: Paul Sparks

    Optional: When your drinking is affecting your work, it’s due to a deeper problem.

  83. ExilBerlinerin says

    1980s Movie: stand By Me

    Royal Author: Stephen King

    New TV Series: Castle Rock

    Drunk Actor: Garrett Hedlund

    Replacement Actor: Paul Sparks

    [Optional] Do you think his drinking is a temporary issue or a deeper problem? Definitely deeper problem. Also Emma is bad news.

  87. cakeboy says

    1980’s movie – stand by me
    Author – Stephen King
    Series – castle rock
    Drunk actor – Gareth Hedlund
    Replacement – Paul Sparks

    Temporary issue – why would anyone drink if they are shagging Emma Roberts?? Well then again…

  89. officiallily says

    1980s Movie: Stand By Me
    Royal Author: Stephen King
    New TV Series: Castle Rock on Hulu
    Drunk Actor: Garrett Hedlund
    Replacement Actor: Paul Sparks

    Hopefully just a temporary problem.

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