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The Stand: How Pocket Savior Differs from Stephen King s Book
The second episode of The Stand debuted on CBS All Access on Thursday and while last week s The End introduced viewers to a handful of the story s major characters as well as the terrifying super flu that brings their paths together, this week s Pocket Savior introduces viewers to even more significant characters including a proper introduction to Randall Flagg. However, 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.
The long-awaited new adaptation of Stephen King’s
The Stand has finally hit CBS All Access last week. Briefly, the story features an epic clash between good and evil after 96% of Earth’s population has been deleted following the outbreak of a deadly virus. And it seems that most of
The Stand cast is pretty enthusiastic about the characters they are bringing on the small screen. While talking to
Comicbook, actress Amber Heard spoke in detail about Nadine Cross, the teaching grade-school she is playing.
“No one knows how to define her, probably least of all herself,” Heard said. “She is struggling with a dark past, a lot of secrets, and a very, very complicated dynamic with a supernatural force. And while she is presented with for the first time perhaps love and humanity in the form of the relationship she’s been able to form since meeting Larry and coming into the Boulder Free Zone. She’s ultimately a tragic character in that you realize she’s being pres
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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: Nat Wolff on the Allure of Playing Randall Flagg s Right Hand Man
The StandNat Wolff plays Lloyd Henreid, a criminal who goes from being forgotten in jail as the Captain Trips pandemic decimates the population to Randall Flagg s right hand man. Like many of the characters in the latest adaptation of Stephen King s iconic novel, Lloyd is a complex and not entirely black and white character and for Wolff, that was part of the allure of getting to play him.
Speaking with ComicBook.com, Wolff explained that he felt lucky to play Lloyd who was not only his favorite character in the book, but one that he described as a lost soul .