Brad William Henke as Tom Cullen in “The Stand.” (James Minchin/CBS)
Brad William Henke was familiar with Stephen King’s “The Stand” before he was cast in the new series.
He also knew there was a miniseries in the 1990s.
“I didn’t watch it before I got to working on the series,” he explains. “I wanted to come at the role with a fresh perspective.”
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New episodes of the nine-episode series air on Thursdays on the streaming platform CBS All Access. It is adapted from the King novel of the same name, which is about the biblical aftermath of a global pandemic that kills 98% of the population, setting the stage for a clash of good versus evil.