How 'Doctor Sleep' Pulled Off That One Shocking Cameo

LOADING ERROR LOADING Here’s Johnny! A sequel to “The Shining” just wouldn’t be the same without Jack Nicholson’s Jack Torrance, so naturally “Doctor Sleep” brings him back — kind of. In a scene that director Mike Flanagan told HuffPost he knew would be the most “controversial” moment in the movie, Danny Torrance, trying to recover from his past, comes face to face with his dearly departed father, Jack Torrance. Sunset Boulevard via Getty Images “Because of the ages of the characters that we would be bringing back, you either have a digital component to this or you don’t,” Flanagan said. “That way, much like Delbert Grady denies who he is and just is part of the staff as a polite waiter 95% of the time, and then just for the end for 5%, the mask slips a little bit and you see the real man.” Flanagan went to actor Henry Thomas, a frequent collaborator of his, to bring back Nicholson’s character.