[MikeD]

The Stand featured Gary Sinise as Stu Redmon, just months before the release of Forrest Gump. The actor playing Tom Cullen was *perfect!* My only complaint was that Stephen King's "cameo" part kept showing up in every other scene.

[OddLane]

Stephen King's personal involvement, either in writing the script, producing or acting, usually ruins any adaptation.

He destroyed The Shining, which was one of Stanley Kubrick's greatest works, IMO.