How Ewan McGregor prepared to play a grown-up Danny Torrace in DoctorSleep
. Ewan McGregor stars as the now-adult Danny Torrace , who in the original film was revealed to have psychic abilities that allowed him to see the horrific past of the Overlook Hotel where he and his family were staying. picks up with a middle-aged Danny still struggling to deal with the trauma from his childhood —largely by the hands of his father, famously played by Jack Nicholson — and at rock bottom, turning to alcohol to numb the pain.
Rebecca Ferguson, who plays the leader of a cult that feeds on children with psychic powers, said that there were initial hesitations to reprising such classic material, but after meeting with writer/director Mike Flanagan, "All of my worries about doing what could be seen as a sequel flew out of the window because I felt very secure in his vision and what he wanted to do, and the support that he had from Stephen King.
"There's so many reasons in this hostile world to try to cover it up and try to suppress it, but what I loved about this story was Stephen King was saying, 'Don't do that, shine on, let that out no matter how frightening the world is,'" the director said. He also spoke to the importance of addressing childhood trauma and its affect on adulthood, which is "something very much in my wheelhouse and something I love to explore.
The premiere, held at Regency Theater in Westwood, also welcomed cast members Kyliegh Curran, Jacob Tremblay, and Emily Alyn Lind.
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