Lisey’s Story Star Jennifer Jason Leigh on the Magic of Stephen King’s Worlds

From Stephen King’s best-selling book Carrie comes the Academy Award-nominated Lisey’s Story, starring Academy Award nominee Jennifer Jason Leigh in her stunning performance as the narrator, Lisey Landon.

The actress Jennifer Jason Leigh spoke with Stephen King about his storytelling at the Beverly Hills press conference. Leigh played Lisey Stowe in the Stephen King novel “Lisey’s Story”. This is her first film with Stephen King.  She said playing Lisey was an incredible experience. “It’s a miracle.  I’ve never had a role as good as this one,” she said. She compared the experience to Stephen King’s writing, saying, “Stephen King is an amazing writer.  He has a gift.” The film tells the story of Lisey, who is haunted by a horrific incident in her childhood.  She shares this with her therapist.  The story is one of King

a good time to be a Stephen King fan: The author is enjoying a renaissance with the adaptation of his stories into live-action projects with top talent, including a new film adaptation of his 2006 novel, The Lisi Story. While most of the stars of the new Apple TV+ series are newcomers to the world of King, Jennifer Jason Leigh is no newcomer; she also starred in the 1995 film Dolores Claiborne, based on the 1992 novel of the same name. In the new series, Lee plays Darla, a middle child surrounded by two sisters who believe they are suffering from otherworldly conditions. Lizzie’s story takes place on Friday, June 4 and premieres on Apple TV+. Lisi Landon (played by Julianne Moore) follows her husband, famed novelist Scott Landon (played by Clive Owen), two years after his death. A series of disturbing events forces Liza to face the memories of her marriage to Scott, which she has deliberately repressed in her mind. Joan Allen, Dane DeHaan, Ron Cephas Jones and Sung Kang play the lead roles alongside Moore and Owen. Lee spoke with her about her return to the Stephen King universe, the dynamic she builds on screen, and the character she would like to play again. (Photo: Apple TV+) This is not your first introduction to the world of Stephen King. A lot of people think of him in terms of horror stories, disturbing stories, and I wonder what it is about being involved in the making of his stories that attracts you so much? Jennifer Jason Leigh: He writes really interesting and great characters and really scary work that keeps you on the edge of your seat and unable to get away. They continue to echo in your brain after you read them, after you put the novel away for two weeks, three months, two or three years, they never let you go. I don’t know how he does it, but he does. I’ve always been a fan of his, and it was very interesting. I did Dolores Claiborne, which is definitely one of his films, and it’s been a while since I’ve done another one of his films. So it’s going to be interesting. With all the movie adaptations in recent years, were you jealous of all those stories coming to life and angry that you couldn’t go back to that world? Call Steve and ask him to put you in the new movie? No, I don’t think so. I’m just happy to see the good stuff. King himself wrote the scripts for this adaptation. Did you feel extra pressure because you were involved in the project, or was it a blessing to be a resource in the process? I think at first it feels like it will be intimidating, but he’s so nice and open, he loves working together, and he’s just incredibly easy going and friendly. And with that, all those thoughts were immediately gone. And then we had a great director and great actors, so everything seemed very natural and easy, even though everything was supernatural and strange, but it wasn’t like that during the filming. Your character is a middle child, and she must carry the emotional burden of this alien drama, as well as the description of fantastic events. Does this role put more pressure on you as a performer to bring the story to life? Well,she doesn’t believe in that,and you can’t get away with it if an actor….. At least, I don’t. I’m just trying to imagine what Darla’s feeling in that moment? Darla feels the weight of this sister who has suffered all these years and is going through a crisis, and of this sister who has lost her husband and can’t find her way through the grief. And then all those hallucinatory things they talk about have no basis in reality. And I think Darla really, really, that’s what’s going on. There is no fifth dimension. And I understand that. I understand. I’m also a middle child, so I understand what it means to be a mediator and someone who never gets into trouble. There was a lot from Darla that I really responded to. It was just nice to play someone so down to earth, no nonsense, but she’s wrong, which is also very nice. I don’t know if I’m allowed to say that. You said yourself that you feel more introverted, but the characters you’ve played are sometimes very introverted and sometimes very extroverted and extroverted. Do you like to play characters that are very different from your own personality, or characters that are closer to your own behavior? I mean, I love it. I can empathize with Darla, but Darla I’m not really, I can only empathize with some things about the sisters. The beauty of acting is that you can play all these different sides of yourself and a lot of things that people don’t know and never have to talk about: Oh, me too. So you can remain introverted while experiencing what life would be like if there was no time between action and recording or whatever. Acting is just a really fun job. I consider myself lucky that I get to do this for a living. Over the past year, people have consumed media in different ways, and while some streaming services release episodes all at once, Lizzie’s story will appear every week. Do you think it would be helpful to the viewer to have a week between chapters, or do you want everything to come out at once? I feel both, because when I’m watching something like Mythic Quest or The Morning Show and I get stuck, it’s frustrating. Because we’re so used to it now, we can just keep going, going, going. It’s 2 a.m. and you’re thinking: Oh, why am I looking? I don’t even like it anymore, but I need to know what’s going to happen. So there’s something nice about the anticipation that reminds me of my childhood and adolescence and the fact that it’s a Saturday night. It’s about time. Here we go. And I like that too. I also think you can always have them on hand, so you have the option. You should just tell your friends: Don’t tell me what will happen, but you have the option to wait. I did it a few times on the Morning Show because I watched it while filming and I loved it, but I had long flights because I was constantly flying back and forth. Sometimes I didn’t watch them on purpose so I could save them, download them and watch them on the plane. They went back to Stephen King’s universe for this movie. Is there a character you’ve played in the past that you particularly like and would like to take on for this project? My goodness, that’s a really interesting question, a good question. I never thought of that. Personally, I would like to see more of Daisy Domergue from the film L’abominable huit. I wanted to tell Daisy, but she died. But you know what? It could be a prequel. It would be very nice. I’d be delighted. ***** Lizzie’s story will be published on the 4th. Will premiere on Apple TV+ in June. This interview has been edited for clarity. You can contact Patrick Kavanaugh directly on Twitter.

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