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Shawshank’s Tim Robbins Can’t Escape! 7 Cast Members Added to Hulu Hit ‘Castle Rock’.

Last year Hulu’s hit Castle Rock nostalgically reignited our nightmares as they thrust us back into Stephen King’s ever-expanding universe. The series reunited fans with some frighteningly familiar faces that included actor Bill Skarsgard from the recent blockbuster remake It, as well as actress Sissy Spacek from the creepy film classic Carrie. It is now reported that season 2 will bring back even more favorites! Tim Robbins, best known for his role as Andy Dufresne in the highly acclaimed adaptation Shawshank Redemption is gonna ‘get busy living’ in a new role alongside castmates Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex), Garrett Hedlund (Mosaic), Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade), Yusra Warsama (Assassin’s Creed: Origins), Barkhad Abdi (Blade Runner 2049) and Mathew Alan (13 Reasons Why).

“In Season 2, a feud between warring clans comes to a boil when budding psychopath Annie Wilkes (Caplan), Stephen King’s nurse from hell, gets waylaid in Castle Rock.” – Source: Den of Geek

Deadline gives us the breakdown for a few of our old friends…

Robbins is Reginald “Pop” Merrill. The Patriarch of Stephen King’s iconic crime family, Pop is dying of cancer and at a reckoning with his family.