Terry O’Quinn Reteams With J.J. Abrams For Stephen King’s ‘Castle Rock’
Terry O’Quinnhas to go back…to work withLostco-creatorJ.J. Abrams. TheLostalum has been cast in a key role inCastle Rock, Abrams' Hulu psychological-horror series revolving around theStephen Kinguniverse.
While O’Quinn has been getting steady work on television, starring in series likeThe BlacklistandHawaii Five-0, he did his career-best work inLost— and it would be wonderful to see him live up to the potential that Abrams,Damon Lindelof, andCarlton Cusehelped him fulfill during the course of that sci-fi series.
O’Quinn has been cast inCastle Rockas Dale Lacy, a “pillar in the town of Castle Rock,” reportsDeadline. He’ll be joining the already-castAndré Holland, Scott Glenn, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Lynskey, Jane Levy,andBill Skarsgard.
O’Quinn hasn’t had a chance to really stretch his acting chops sinceLostbowed out in 2010, bouncing about through various procedurals and prime time dramas. Hedeservedly won an Emmyin 2007 for his multifaceted performance as the paraplegic-turned-believer John Locke, who easily goes down as one of the most tragic and memorable characters in TV history.Lostmay be remembered as a show that frustrated and disappointed its viewers, but it shouldn’t be forgotten that it did some of the best character work — especially pertaining to O’Quinn’s Locke — on primetime TV, like this scene from the season 1 episode “Walkabout”:
That O’Quinn has not found a role that can match the emotional arc he got to embody inLostis not surprising — and it may be in yet another genre show that he can find one again. Abrams and King seem like a match made in heaven: they’re both ideas men and quite gifted when it comes to writing characters. Perhaps O’Quinn may find his next acclaimed role inCastle Rock.
Castle Rockis named after a fictional town that has appeared in many of Stephen King’s works. According to producers,CastleRock"combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of King’s best-loved works, weaving an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland." Although it’s based in a town that’s part of King’s growing body of work — theteaser trailer name dropsfamous King stories likeIt, Salem’s Lot, The Shining, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,andMisery—Castle Rockis an original series.
Produced by Abrams' Bad Robot Productions and Warner Bros. Television,Castle Rockwas developed by Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason, who serve as executive producers alongside Abrams, Ben Stephenson, and Liz Glotzer.
Castle Rockstarted production in July 2017. A release date has not been confirmed.
