Matthew McConaughey Walking His Way to The Stand?
Some possible and REALLY good news for fans of the massive Stephen King novel The Stand has come in. Deadline is reporting that Matthew McConaughey is being eyed by Warner Bros. to play the role of Randall Flagg in the adaptation of King’s apocalyptic masterpiece novel that Josh Boone will direct.
The site goes on to report that this is far from a done deal, but holy shit, can you just imagine what McConaughey could do with a role that is for all intents and purposes the personification of evil?
“We’re gonna do one, three-hour, R-rated version with an amazing A-list cast across the board,” Boone said in a previous interview. “Every single one of those characters will be somebody you recognize and somebody you relate to. And it’s gonna be awesome.”
He continued, “I’m really excited. It’s the most exciting thing I’ve ever got to do in my entire life. If 12-year-old me had ever known that one day I’d be doing this, to even just go back and look at that kid, I’d be like, ‘Keep doing what you’re doing!’ It’s just crazy. I’ve met so many actors over the years… when I met Stephen King, I hugged him with tears in my eyes. He meant that much to me when I was young. I still say everything I learned about writing I learned from Stephen King. I don’t read screenplays. I don’t read screenplay how-to books. It’s always just establish the character. Establish the character.”
The Stand, which is being produced by Jimmy Miller and Roy Lee for Warner Bros. and CBS Films, is a story of good versus evil after a virus wipes out most of the American population. It features dozens of characters (including such memorable ones as the Trashcan Man and Mother Abigail) and overlapping storylines running over many years as it tells of a group of survivors fighting the Antichrist-like Randall Flagg.
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