Woman Sues Stephen King Over 'Misery' Character

[CatWoman]

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - A woman who has hounded horror master Stephen King in the past is causing him more "Misery."

Anne Hiltner has sued the best-selling author, claiming that the sadistic female lead from the novel "Misery" is a caricature based on herself, reports Celebrity Justice.

"Misery" features nurse Annie Wilkes, who is the self-proclaimed No. 1 fan of author Paul Sheldon. She holds him captive, forcing him to write a romantic novel just for her. The 1990 film based on the novel won Kathy Bates an Oscar for her portrayal of Annie and provided one of cinema's most alarming scenes in which she "hobbles" Sheldon (James Caan).

http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/story/0,1259,---25952,00.html

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. She is wacked

[realisticphish]

2. who cares?

not about the article, i mean, but who cares if its a caricature? you can't sue for those.

and, uh, way to be current, lady

[jobycom]

5. Vanilla Ice is going to sue you

for having that caricature of him dancing in your sig line. And don't claim it's Hammer, neither!

[realisticphish]

6. yeah

that's during his "black" phase ;)

[jobycom]

9. He had a phase?

Hmm, didn't know he was around long enough. Oh, you mean as a bouncer?

[DrGonzoLives]

3. Oh for fuck's sake

Cases like this help Republicans beat the drum for tort "reform."

[fishnfla]

4. Hiltner? A. Hiltner?

If she wins, she should buy herself a new name

[11cents]

7. Stephen King seems to attract wackaloons

For years a guy here in the Bay Area has claimed that Stephen King killed John Lennon. The core of this seems to be the slight resemblance between Mark Chapman, the actual Lennon killer, and the younger Stephen King. The dude had a van plastered with signs and flyers about his theory and used to preach the word on the Berkeley campus.

Last I heard from him he'd broadened his focussed and gone full-bore into antisemitism.

[nytemare]

8. That must be some sort of psychosis

An obsessed fan of Sarah McLachlan sued her, saying that the song "Possession" was based on stuff that he wrote her. He ended up killing himself before it went to trial.

Strange folk around. Would you want to say you were the basis for Kathy Bates' character in Misery???

She did do a great job of that role, though!

[ben_thayer]

10. Thought it was

Richard Dreyfuss...??

[Rowdyboy]

11. Anyone remember, didn't King run into some guy wandering IN HIS HOUSE

in Maine. I think the dude was non-violent, just decided to walk on in and have a look (I think its a really big, gothic place).

[qnr]

12. Used to live a couple of blocks from it. I'd have loved to have wandered

through it myself.

[Deja Q]

13. Well, I am a caricature of Jeff from "Coupling". Can I sue the BBC?

:eyes:

[Kire]

14. If she is declared insane...

...is that good or bad for her case?

[UTUSN]

15. Honey, You Can Break My Legs Anytime

:loveya: