Is the bartender in Doctor Sleep supposed to be Jack Nicholson?

Is the bartender in Doctor Sleep supposed to be Jack Nicholson?

But while Lloyd the bartender may be Jack Torrance, he's not Jack Nicholson. Instead, the scene, like all the film's Shining-era flashbacks, were recreated with new actors. This time, Jack is played by Henry Thomas, who's best known as Elliott from E.T.

What did Jack Nicholson drink at the bar in The Shining?

whiskey Matt Sailor. Halfway through The Shining, Jack Nicholson accepts a glass of whiskey from a ghost. It's by no means the most memorable scene in the movie (or the second most, or the twentieth most). But like everything else that happens in Stanley Kubrick's classic, it brings up questions that have no easy answers.

Who was supposed to play Jack Nicholson in Doctor Sleep?

• However, Nicholson’s character proved to be an additional challenge. “What you don’t want to do with Jack is cast someone who’s going to do a Jack impression because that would be fatal. It would become parody,” Flanagan said. “No one we would cast was going to be able to play Nicholson, no one.”

Who is Jack Torrance's father in Doctor Sleep?

• The hardest demon of all to face, however, is his own father, Jack Torrance, who makes a surprise return in the movie's final act. Unlike The Irishman, Doctor Sleep didn't have a big enough budget to spend millions de-aging Jack Nicholson for a return to the role, so director Mike Flanagan instead cast actor Henry Thomas as Jack Torrance.

Who are the actors in the new Doctor Sleep?

• For Flanagan, the thought of appropriating his voice and image seemed “deeply inappropriate.” So instead of having digital or de-aged versions, all the returning roles — including Wendy (Shelley Duvall), Danny (Danny Lloyd), Dick Hallorann (Crothers) and Jack (Nicholson) — were recast.

Who was going to play Jack Nicholson in the Shining?

• “What you don’t want to do with Jack is cast someone who’s going to do a Jack impression because that would be fatal. It would become parody,” Flanagan said. “No one we would cast was going to be able to play Nicholson, no one.” The answer came from “The Shining” director Stanley Kubrick, he said.