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Shes more like a time-traveler or a time-walker, if you prefer Wendells (Chosen Jacobs) videogame term.
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The episodes writer,Castle Rockco-creator Sam Shaw, understood the stakes of Ruths diseaseon a personal level.
You just gotta take it and fight this fight alone.
So I just had to hole up and figure the episode out.
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This is such a showcase for Sissy.
What were your conversations about it like?Sissys incredible.
We tend to think of stories about Alzheimers as these dirges.
This episode also had the tricky challenge of showing what Ruths going through.
Does her hair change?
So on a production level, how did it work?
Structurally, there are these moments throughout the episode that I almost thought of as islands.
You paddle through choppyc waters and you arrive at terra firma, touchstones that help you orient.
In a way, those are chess pieces for the viewer.
Its movements were really limited, and at some point the queen became the most powerful piece.
If you look at the original Lewis chess set, one thing that is really striking is the queen.
This episode presents a vision of Ruths life thats actually very full.
Its like time travel.Right.
Now, how did you convince Stephen King to let you kill offAlan Pangborn?
Lastly, the title of the episode is The Queen.
[Laughs] Theres a little bit of the shoutout to prom and toCarriein the title, for sure.
Castle Rockadds a new episode every Wednesday on Hulu.
