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A huge fan of horror movies, Goldberg reveals that she has been lobbying to be involved in a Stephen King adaptation for years, even going back to the 1994 version of this same project.

Ive been looking for a horror movie to do my whole career. What I love more than almost anything is a good scare. Ive been trying to do this since the original miniseries came out, but I was unable to do it, Goldberg says. Then I found out that Ruby Dee was my age now when she did Mother Abigail. So its worked out great. If this had come any sooner, I would have probably just really messed it up.

At the time of the series premiere, the EGOT-winning Goldberg is 65 years old. Dee was 70 years old when filming on the 1994 miniseries began. Both actresses, however, are considerably younger than the wizened Abigail Freemantle of Kings book. This isnt a case of Aunt May getting progressively younger across every Spider-Man franchise but rather an acknowledgement from both miniseries that Abigail has a powerful aura about her that belies her advanced years.

Listen, its all in the lineage, I myself am 108. And my skin looks amazing, Goldberg jokes, before adding. You know, also, shes got a little God dust on her too. You cant look that good without a little God dust. The same goes for (Randall Flagg actor) Alexander (Skarsgrd). He looks great because hes got some devil dust on. Thats how Im looking at it, so it balances out.

In addition to Mother Abigails sprinkling of God dust, what Goldberg finds compelling about the character is her humanity as opposed to her otherworldliness. Given the dearth of Black characters in Kings earlier works, Abigail has sometimes been pointed to as an example of the Magical Negro stereotype, in which a mystical Black character comes to the aid of white characters. Its that representation of the character that Goldberg says she hopes to avoid.

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