While in production, cowriter/director Tom Holland was stricken with Bell's Palsy, a virus that paralyzed one side of his face. The effects could have been minimized had he gotten a steroid shot immediately, but the producers insisted he keep working, so it was 36 hours before he got to a doctor. It took more than a year and a half for him to fully recover.
Originally the crew planned to do a more gruesome FX makeup which would have had Billy Halleck (Robert John Burke)'s flesh dangling off of his protruding jaw and cheekbones. Partway into filming they decided that this look was too horrific.
At his thinnest, Billy Halleck (Robert John Burke) weighed 120 pounds which was a challenge for the FX crew, as the actor weighed 160 pounds at the time of production.
Depending upon the stage of his character's deterioration, Robert John Burke had to spend four to six hours each day in the makeup chair.
Stephen King: (At 13m 18s) The author appears as Dr. Bangor, a pharmacist. King famously lives in Bangor, ME.
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