The Stand
Good vs Evil. Where Do You Stand?
Inspired by Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic novel, The Stand event series asks where you stand in the fight between good and evil with Whoopi Goldberg as 108-year-old prophet Mother Abagail and Alexander Skarsgard as Randall Flagg aka the Dark Man.
I wanted to write about bravery. At some point, people do have to make a stand. — Stephen King.
THE STAND.
CBS All-Access.
Thursday.— Stephen King (@StephenKing) December 16, 2020
Showrunner: Benjamin Cavill.
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The Stand series filmed in and around Vancouver from mid-September last year to mid-March this year as Covid-19 shut down film and TV production worldwide.
Good: Whoopi Goldberg. James Marsden, Odessa Young, Owen Teague, Greg Kinnear, Jovan Adepo, Heather Graham, Henry Zaga, Brad William Henke, Irene Bedard.
Evil: Alexander Skarsgard, Amber Heard, Nat Wolff, Katherine McNamara, Fiona Dourif, Ezra Miller.
Good
Mother Abagail is a 108-year-old prophet who sees visions from God and the Good in the story. She establishes a community in Boulder, Colorado.
James Marsden is working-class factory man Stu Redman, a survivor of the super-flu.
Odessa Young is Frannie Goldsmith, a survivor of the super-flu in Ogunquit, Maine.
Owen Teague is Harold Lauder, a survivor of the superflu in Ogunquit, Maine.
Greg Kinnear is widowed sociology professor Glen Bateman.
Jovan Adepo as musician Larry Underwood, a survivor from New York City.
Heather Graham is socialite Rita Blakemoor, a survivor in New York City.
Henry Zaga is Nick Andros, a young deaf and mute man.
Brad William Henke as Tom Cullen.
Evil
Alexander Skarsgard is Randall Flagg aka the Devil and the Evil in the story. He establishes a community in Las Vegas.
Amber Heard is Nadine Cross, a conflicted woman but one compelled by her allegiance to Randall Flagg.
Nat Wolff is Lloyd Henreid, a killer trapped in prison and freed by Randall Flagg to be his right-hand man.
Katherine McNamara is Julie Lawry, a small-town girl with a wild side who is one of Lloyd’s conquests.
Fiona Dourif is Rat Woman, a former showgirl.
Ezra Miller as Trashcan Man, a pyromaniac who’s drawn to Randall Flagg in Las Vegas.
Natalie Martinez as Dayna Jurgens.
Others:
Hamish Linklater as Dr. Jim Ellis.
Daniel Sunjata as Cobb.
J.K. Simmons as General Stu
Gordon Cornier as Joe.
Eion Bailey as Teddy Weuzak.
Clifton Collins Jr. as Bobby Terry.
Gabrielle Rose as The Judge.
Locations
The Stand filmed in Vancouver with Steveston as Ogunquit, Maine ; downtown Vancouver as New York City; Port Coquitlam as Boulder, Colorado;, White Rock’s Pacific Inn as a Las Vegas hotel; and Cache Creek as the desert outside Las Vegas.
Steveston as Ogunquit.
Owen Teague as Harold Lauder in Steveston as Ogunquit.
Later he bikes through and everyone is gone.
Downtown Vancouver as New York City.
Garbage, newspapers on the streets. Check.
Hanging man in an alley. Check.
Event series Stephen King’s #TheStand is filming in downtown Vancouver as New York City today & tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/XIPKWjx2Yy— Hollywood North Buzz – YVRShoots (@yvrshoots) October 26, 2019
When things are so slow in Hawaii that your friend in Vancouver sends you footage of them filming The Stand. Anyone recognize the actors? @yvrshoots pic.twitter.com/TGqtTs5wVo
— Reel News Hawaii (@reelnewshawaii) October 27, 2019
Good
Port Coquitlam as Boulder, Colorado.
James Marsden as Stu Redman.
Greg Kinnear as widowed sociology professor Glen Bateman, James Marsden as Stu Redman, Jovan Adepo as musician Larry Underwood and Irene Bedard as Ray Bretner.
Odessa Young as Frannie Goldsmith.
Evil
Las Vegas
Pacific Inn in White Rock as Las Vegas Hotel
Pacific Inn in White Rock.
The Stand premieres December 17th on CBS All-Access.
