I looked up the trailer for the One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest movie (which I decided not to share as it was a bit of a spoiler for the end of the novel) and I noticed that Jack Nicholson, the actor who plays the crazy man in "The Shining" was cast as McMurphy in the movie. From what I have seen of the film, Nicholson portrays McMurphy to be a bit crazier than I imagined the character to be based on the text; though this may be partially due my bias as an avid "Shining" fan. I looked up the dates and saw that the Cuckoo's Nest movie was made after "The Shining" so the directors must have known what they were doing in casting Nicholson as McMurphy. This leads me to believe that they viewed McMurphy as crazier than I did based on the novel. What do you think? Is McMurphy crazy?
-Becca
I have not seen "The Shining" but I also find this to be an interesting role casting. I agree that the directors probably had seen how Nicholson could act in a crazy manner and thought that he could be just as good in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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