The Running Man with Steven E. de Souza
Episode 244, Aug 14, 08:00 AM
Our guest this week is the legendary screenwriter Steven E. de Souza, who wrote The Running Man. He was Schwarzenegger's go-to guy, having written Commando before this, and he'd go on to write a little movie by the name of Die Hard.
Kingcast favorite Mallory O'Meara (Girly Drinks) sits in the guest co-host seat and helps Vespe interview de Souza about his work with Schwarzenegger, at what point in the process did they figure out Richard Bachman was Stephen King, what went on with all the directors that got fired, how he became buds with the biggest action star of the time, and so, so, so much more.
Based on the Richard Bachman book of the same name, 1987's The Running Man is a cheesy action spectacular with some of the all-timer Arnold Schwarzenegger one-liners. The movie bears very little resemblance to the book, however it remains one of the more prescient movies of the '80s.