During an October 2025 interview with ReMind Magazine, Wallace explained that the film's ending is different from the novel. In the film, Wallace's character, Donna Trenton, and her son, Tad Trenton (Danny Pintauro), survive their harrowing experience with their rabid St. Bernard, Cujo. However, in the book, Tad doesn't survive the ordeal.
"Well, we all took a vote on it. The producer, the director, and I. We all voted not to kill the kid at the end, like Stephen [King] does in the book," said Wallace while speaking to ReMind magazine.
"When the film came out, he actually called my producer and said, ‘Thank God you didn’t kill the kid.’ He had never gotten more hate mail about anything more than he did about killing the child at the end of Cujo," said the E.T. star.
"Well, shooting Cujo was close to hell. [Laughing] You know, it was so much emotion and so much energy. It was a hard shoot and it’s my favorite film. I just feel like I gave everything I could give. I’m really very proud of my work in that film," said Wallace in the October 2025 interview.
Stephen King Has Been Open About How He Feels About Certain Movie Adaptations
"No, the book was warm and the movie was cold. It was a Kubrick film and don't get me wrong, I love everything else the man did. I just didn't like that one," said King during the interview.
"If it's really good, you can say that's based on my book. If it's really bad, you can say, I didn't have anything to do with it," quipped King, causing Barrymore to laugh.
"I feel the same because the character of Jack Torrance has no arc in that movie. Absolutely no arc at all," said King to the publication. "When we first see Jack Nicholson, he’s in the office of Mr. Ullman, the manager of the hotel, and you know, then, he’s crazy as a s--t house rat. All he does is get crazier. In the book, he’s a guy who’s struggling with his sanity and finally loses it. To me, that’s a tragedy. In the movie, there’s no tragedy because there’s no real change."
"I’ve had a lot of things where I felt, been able to feel really pleased about the outcome. And if it doesn’t work so well, I can say, well, they went out and they gave their best shot but I didn’t have anything to do with it. I’m just a bystander in this car wreck," said King while speaking to Deadline.
"I’m not a hard guy to get along with. In all the time we’ve been doing this, I’ve never put up a red light to anybody about anything that they wanted to do. Because if they want to make changes, if they want to be a little bit out on the edge, I’m all for it. I like it," said King during the Deadline interview.
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