Importantly, Goldman goes to visit Stephen King with the sole purpose of standing up for what he knows is best for
Buttercup's Baby and what he knows will be a hit with fans. King’s comment that he didn’t like the book is a moment of comedic self-deprecation on Goldman’s part, and points to how the film, at this point in real-world history, had perhaps surpassed the popularity of its source material. Though this exact meeting of course never really happened (because, again, Morgenstern and
Buttercup’s Baby are not real), Stephen King did write a hugely successful novel named
Misery, which starred actress Kathy Bates—who, indeed, was also in the film version of the smash hit
Titanic.