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Castle Rock Season 2 Trailer Teases Misery Villain's Descent Into Madness


The official trailer for Castle Rock Season 2 is finally here and it reveals Annie Wilkes' descent into madness before she became the terrifying villain in Stephen King's novel Misery.

The trailer introduces Lizzy Caplan as Annie, a young nurse who is clearly dealing with a lot of problems. It is also revealed that Annie has a daughter and they immediately get into a car accident. Will the incident cause more hardships? You bet it can.

Although Annie appears to be the main focus of the trailer as she pops pills and goes on a bloody rampage in her own home, we also get a glimpse at the new characters that will be introduced in the second season. There's Tim Robbins' Pop Merrill as well as Barkhad Abdi, who will play Abdi Omar. However, it's Yusra Warsama's Dr. Nadia Omar who might be dealing with Annie directly at the Jerusalem's Lot Hospital.

The idea of Annie's origin story being explored in Castle Rock Season 2 is certainly a new one considering that she is one of King's most intriguing characters. First introduced in the 1987 novel, she was originally brought to life by Kathy Bates in the 1990 film adaptation of Misery. So what was it that drove Annie to kidnap an author and force him to write a book just for her? We'll find out later this year.

Castle Rock Season 2 is set to premiere on Hulu on October 23.

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