“He wrote the book in 1978, and it is like he had a crystal ball. He has always been curious about the choices that humans make, and what gets under their skin and the psychology of, good versus evil and what scares us. I don’t think he anticipated that we would be making the series right in the middle of what we are going through. It is unfortunate timing,” he added.
The star continued: “You know, we were in Vancouver, shooting for the show in September (in 2019), and we started hearing about Covid in December, and the January (2020). It wasn’t until the end of February that we started seeing masks popping up on set and hand sanitisers, and everything. It was an eerie feeling.”
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Spoilers for âThe Standâ Episode 7, âThe Walkâ
Just past the mid-mark, episode 6 of CBS All Access limited series based on the Stephen King book of the same name saw an important plotline play out. Harold (Owen Teague) and Nadine (Amber Heard) caused an explosion at Boulder even as the citizens of the settlement waited for Mother Abagail (Whoopi Goldberg) to return from her brief self-imposed exile. From what is visible, the explosion killed Nick (Henry Zaga). We also saw the bodies of Stu (James Marsden) and Frannie (Odessa Young) fall from the impact.
What will happen in episode 7?
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Fancy a load of sex, drugs and good-looking graduates from diverse backgrounds scrambling for a toehold at a ruthless London investment bank? Well, the folks at HBO have you covered – and they ve even gone the extra mile in getting Lena Dunham to direct the first episode so she can sprinkle on some of her trademark grit when the trousers come off.
Myha la Herrold as Harper Stern in Industry.
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The catch? It s hard to get enthused about characters who aren t doing anything particularly interesting or worthwhile. That s a feeling familiar to series creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, young ex-bankers who left the industry after realising that they really didn t like their jobs and weren t good at them anyway.
Martin Carr chats with The Stand production designer Aaron Haye…
Aaron Haye has been in visual effects for over twenty years, worked as a model maker for ILM and been involved creatively on everything from the
Star Wars prequels to J.J. Abrams
Star Trek. His work as a production designer can be seen on
Bohemian Rhapsody, the underrated
Charlie’s Angels reboot of 2019 as well as
The Stand for CBS. In conversation he is impassioned, considered and eloquent about his process and what makes each project unique for him. He recently took time out to talk to Martin Carr about his move into long form entertainment and what makes this particular Stephen King adaptation so special.
She s starring in Stephen King s post-apocalyptic thriller, The Stand.
And on Sunday, Odessa Young detailed how her role of Frannie Goldsmith in the nine-part series prepared her for the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Australian actress finished filming with the cast in Vancouver in early 2020 when similar occurrences started playing out in front of her. It was just weird, there was something kind of cosmic about it : Australian actress Odessa Young (pictured), 23, has detailed how her role of Frannie Goldsmith in Stephen King s post-apocalyptic thriller, The Stand, prepared her for the COVID-19 pandemic It was just weird, there was something kind of cosmic about it. I remember we all stated making jokes that CBS had designed the pandemic as a marketing tool for the fans, the 23-year-old said in an interview with The Herald Sun s Insider.