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The Kingcast

276: Matthew Lillard Talks The Life of Chuck and Stephen King

The Kingcast

FANGORIA Podcast Network

Tv & Film

4.8990 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Mike Flanagan's adaptation of The Life of Chuck starts hitting screens this weekend. It's about a lot of things: the end of the world, the impact a single person can have on the universe, the importance of math, and the joy of dancing. It's hard to explain what this movie is, but it is large and, much like the title character, contains multitudes. 

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0:00.0

Neon is the proud sponsor of this week's episode of The Kingcast.

0:04.0

Well, they didn't say those exact words, but they didn't not say them either, so I'm going to assume they're proud to sponsor the show.

0:10.6

Obviously, they have The Life of Chuck coming out, which is a very special film for us here at the Kingcast.

0:16.8

Of course, there's the Flanagan connection, and by now you all also know about the little cameo that Wompler and I have in the movie, but even taking the personal stuff out of it, the life of Chuck is just a wonderful time at the movies.

0:27.6

It's a touch sad, it's a bit challenging, but ultimately hopeful and optimistic about humanity.

0:33.4

It's overflowing with great actors, delivering great performances, lovely cinematography,

0:37.8

and of course, Mike Flanagan tapping straight into the heart of what makes Stephen King's words so special.

0:43.1

Today's guest kicks off a whopping four interviews we did with folks from this film.

0:47.7

Make sure you stick around for the outro to find out more about that.

0:50.5

I'll spill a little bit more on all the fun life of Chuck shenanigans to come,

0:54.6

but I will remind you that the life of Chuck opens in select theaters this Friday, June 6th,

0:59.4

and then wide again next Friday, June 13th. Before we dive into this chat, I must once again

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