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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.
The Stand: How Blank Page Differs from Stephen King s Book
The third episode of
The Stand debuted on CBS All Access Thursday and introduced a few more major characters to the story while further expanded the stories of some we ve already met, such as Larry Underwood (Jovan Adepo) and Nadine Cross (Amber Heard). New this week are the story for Nick Andros (Henry Zaga) as well as the introductions of Glen Bateman (Greg Kinnear) and Tom Cullen (Brad William Henke). While the nine-part limited series is largely a faithful adaptation of Stephen King s epic novel of the same name, this episode also contained some significant differences from the page to the screen and we re breaking down some of the major ones we spotted as the story deepens.
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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
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Spoilers for âThe Standâ on CBS All Access and Stephen King s 1978 book
Mystery and tragedy fill the second episode of âThe Standâ. Based on Stephen King s 1978 novel, the tale shifts from introducing Frannie Goldsmith (Odessa Young), Harold Lauder (Owen Teague), and Stu Redman (James Marsden) to showing a glimpse of the lives of Larry Underwood (Jovan Adepo) and Lloyd Henreid (Nat Wolff). Instead of following the linear narrative of the book, the series uses the flashback formula to peep into the characters lives.
After âThe Endâ ended on a mysterious cliffhanger about the visions, âPocket Saviorâ leans into Larry s love story with Rita Blakemoor (Heather Graham) and Lloyd s life behind the bars after a robbery-gone-wrong. Over an hour long, the drama begins with Larry s playing his breakout hit âBaby Can You Dig Your Manâ at concerts as the entire band calls in sick after the virus Captain Trips spreads around