Director Says MAGA Rallies Inspired Mass Death Scene on CBS Drama ‘The Stand’
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14 Jun 2021
“I watched MAGA rallies as a reference,” said director Vincenzo Natali explaining inspiration he drew from for a mass death scene in the finale of his version of Stephen King’s
The Stand from Donald Trump’s campaign rallies. In the CBS streaming version of King’s often serialized book, villain Randall Flagg (Alexander Skarsgård) presides over brainwashed followers and their debauchery inside a Las Vegas casino-hotel complex converted into a hedonistic cathedral for him and his acolytes.
The scene (which aired in February) begins with hundreds of Flagg’s followers screaming in joy at the Dark Man’s display of power as he stands on a balcony high above them. But soon, the whole party begins to fall apart for Flagg as his followers start to lose faith in him. The scene rises to a deadly conclusion as bolts of lightning strike down from the sky, killing followers, destr
Director Says MAGA Rallies Inspired Mass Death Scene on CBS Drama The Stand
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When a filmmaker really clicks with Stephen Kingâs material, itâs not terribly uncommon for them to go back to that well a second or even a third time. Lewis Teague made both
Creepshow and
Geraldâs Game and
Doctor Sleep. With this in mind, itâs easy to understand that though writer/producer Benjamin Cavell only just recently went through the experience of bringing
The Stand into live-action, he has already put thought into another adaptation that he would love to make. Unfortunately, thereâs a pretty big snag involved.
With all nine episodes of
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As
The Stand miniseries unfolded across nine episodes from the end of last year into the early weeks of 2021, one thing became very clear: Alexander Skarsgard is a tremendous Randall Flagg. Much like how his brother, Bill Skarsgard, perfectly embodied Pennywise The Dancing Clown in Andy Muschiettiâs
IT, the actor brought the powerful antagonist to life with the precise palpable charisma and disturbing sense of danger that the character possesses in Stephen Kingâs novels. Unfortunately his final scene in the miniseries is the last weâll see of Skarsgard in the role for now, as the Paramount+ exclusive was always designed to be a limited affair â but that doesnât mean that the showrunner isnât still holding out hope that we could see him come back someday.