The Green Mile focuses on a gentle giant, death row inmate John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan), “like the drink, only not spelled the same,” and his relationship with Captain Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks). Stephen King was excited when Darabont mentioned he wanted Hanks in the role of Paul, as he had already envisioned him in the role. The cast includes a list of other Hollywood notables including character actors David Morse (Brutus “Brutal” Howell), Barry Pepper (Dean Stanton); Jeffrey DeMunn (Harry Terwilliger); Doug Hutchison (Percy Wetmore); Sam Rockwell (William ‘Wild Bill’ Wharton); and wild card actors James Cromwell (Warden Hal Moores) and his wife, Patricia Clarkson (Melinda Moores). Morse, who had never heard of the script until the role was offered to him, was in tears by the
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