Stephen King is such a powerful writer, creates characters that are so absolutely real that when they are turned into film they become them
Mr King said to have Tom Hanks play Paul Edgecombe was a dream come true
While many of us had seen Mr Duncan for the first time in this film, and knew at the time he was cast because his physical appearance fit the way John Coffey is described in the book , we knew from his following work how great an actor he was
Mr King may well have said he IS John Coffey, the way he said Mr Hanks IS Paul Edgcombe
In the execution scene, they had to do several reshoots as the actors were crying
How powerful this scene and the story leading up to it, the way it was written.
The way it was brought to life in this film
It was said of Stephen King Words are his power His power is Awesome
Never was that more true than this Awesome scene
