Stephen King Praises Alexander Skarsgard’s Randall Flagg in CBS All Access’ THE STAND

CBS All Access’ nine-episode adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand hits this Christmas. And today King took time to praise Hold the Dark and True Blood actor Alexander Skarsgard’s take on The Man in Black himself, Randall Flagg.

King tells EW: “But the characters are terrific. Everybody is really good. I don’t think anybody can top Gary Sinise as Stu Redmond. But Alexander Skarsgard is a good Randall Flagg, he just knocked it out of the park. It’s big, let’s put it that way.”

Check out the FULL trailer below.

https://youtu.be/N2tviyrdsxs

This version stars James Marsden as Stu Redman, Greg Kinnear as Glen Bateman, Odessa Young as Frannie Goldsmith, Henry Zaga as Nick Andros, and Whoopi Goldberg as Mother Abagail. They’re joined by Jovan Adepo as Larry Underwood, Owen Teague as Harold Lauder, Brad William Henke as Tom Cullen, Nat Wolff as Lloyd Henreid, Heather Graham as Rita Blakemoor, Daniel Sunjata as Cobb, Eion Bailey as Teddy Weizak, Katherine McNamara as Julie Lawry, Hamish Linklater as Dr. Ellis, and Luca Batista as Young Nick. On top of that Marilyn Manson says he has a role in the new series along with Alexander Skarsgård as Randall Flagg.

Warner Bros. Pictures and CBS Films are developing the series which Boone produces with Jimmy Miller and Roy Lee. Boone also serves as director and wrote the series with Ben Cavell. Boone and Ben Cavell serve as executive producers alongside Roy Lee, Jimmy Miller, and Richard P. Rubinstein with Will Weiske and Miri Yoon serving as co-executive producers and Owen King as producer.

The series hits on December 17th. A new episode hits each week after that. Make sure to mark your calendars right now. You’re not going to want to miss this.

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