Jovan Adepo as Larry Underwood in The Stand. (And Amber Heard too!) (Screenshot: YouTube)
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Whether you’re talking about Steven King’s book or the new show,
is not a story that’s easily, or quickly, summarized. In a pinch though, it kind of boils down to a group of heroes, lead by Mother Abigail, and a group of villains, led by Randall Flagg, battling for control of the world after a plague wipes almost everyone out.
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Spoilers for The Stand Episode 2 Pocket Savior
CBS All Accessâ Stephen King adaptation, âThe Standâ, set the stage for the horror authorâs apocalyptic vision in the first episode. The show depicts a world decimated by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil. Episode 1 saw a weaponized strain of influenza (dubbed âCaptain Tripsâ) kill almost the entire world population, leaving a handful of survivors â it has a supposed fatality rate of 99 percent.
Of them, Stu Redman (James Marsden) from Arnette, Texas, Frannie Goldsmith (Odessa Young) from Ogunquit, Maine, and Harold Lauder (Owen Teague) from Boulder, Colorado, all have the same vision. It is of Mother Abagail (Whoopi Goldberg) telling them to come see her in Nebraska. Mother Abagail claims to be a prophet of God and leads the ââgoodâ survivors of the âCaptain Tripsâ plague. Having lived a long life of 108 years, she r
The Stand actor says seduction and vulnerability not mutually exclusive
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Published: Wednesday, December 23, 2020, 13:44 [IST]
Mumbai, Dec 23: Actor Amber Heard says it was great to play a complex and nuanced character like Nadine Cross in the latest screen adaptation of author Stephen King s book The Stand .
The series, based on King s 1978 novel of the same name, follows a story of a group of survivors whose lives intersect after a deadly virus destroys most of the world s population.
The destiny of humankind depends on the 108-year-old Mother Abagail (Whoopi Goldberg) and few survivors, who gather in Boulder, US, to fight and establish new social systems.
Heard said her character is using the tools she has to survive in a chaotic world.
“I would like to thank King and his genius in creating characters with real back stories that are complex, interesting and nuanced. Nadine is no more of a seducer than she is a survivor and she’s using the tools that she has to survive in a world,” Heard said in a group interview over Zoom.
“I think a seducer can also be vulnerable. Seduction and vulnerability are not mutually exclusive. I don’t feel as a woman, I have to apologize for one in order to justify the other or vice versa,” Heard said when asked if Nadine is a seducer and fragile woman.