Among other things, the pranksters asked King to write a horror film about “cruel Russians” and allegedly “innocent” nationalists of the Ukrainian Azov battalion, against whose fighters a criminal case was initiated in Russia.
The pranksters told King that they could present the material he had written as real.
At the same time, Stephen King said that he would do everything that depended on him.
The writer claims that it is very important that the whole world follows the news from Ukraine every day.
“You can’t let other news take center stage,” he said.
In addition, pranksters on behalf of Zelensky agreed with King on a role in the new film adaptation of the novel It.
Earlier, writers Stephen King and Linwood Barkley announced their intention not to renew contracts for publishing their books in Russia.