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James Marsden , set to take on protagonist Stu Redman in the newStephen King’sThe StandTV miniseries , compares it to the real life history Coronavirus outbreak . Pop culture chronicle is full of movies and TV shows that limn some kind of tight - acting sickness that manage to easily spread out among the human population . Sometimes this malady is successfully contained before it can do too much damage , but other times thing get bad enough to cause a change of revelatory proportion .
Perhaps the most renowned story concerning the latter case of pestilence is King’sThe Stand , a threshold stopper of a novel that tells the tale of Captain Trips , a unhinged - made , sophisticated version of the grippe that ’s so brutally effective that it take away simple calendar month to bring the Earth ’s population to its knees . Complicating matters is the story ’s supernatural factor , in which " good " people are compelled to the side of the worshipful Mother Abigail , and " malevolent " people are taken under the command ofRandall Flagg , an ancient demon - like enemy .
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The Standwas unforgettably adapted as an 8 - hour television set miniseries in 1994 for ABC , which featured pile of placeable actors . Soon , CBS All Access will debut its streamingStandminiseries , a re - adaptation of King ’s massive rule book , set to run for 10 hours . During a recent appearance onThe Big Ticketpodcast , Marsden was asked about the newStand , and its potential parallel to the current Coronavirus outbreak concern the populace . Here ’s what he had to say .
The Stand’s James Marsden Discusses Parallels to Coronavirus Outbreak
" It would be a cruel irony if The Stand happens before The Stand come out . "
" I ’m hope we get a hold of it before it reaches the ruinous proportions it does in The Stand . "
" It ’s an interesting strange sort of parallel cosmos going on . There are scenes in the beginning of ' The Stand ' where as before long as you see someone who looks normal sneeze or cough into their arm , your eyes - everyone ’s eyes in the way - darts towards them . I see that in populace now , and everyone kind of take a few steps off from the person . It ’s crazy . We ’re in full panic mood right now . "
In CBS All Access ' adaptation ofThe Stand , James Marsdentakes over the role of Stu Redman ( first toy by Gary Sinise ) , a blue collar man who becomes an improbable drawing card once the end times begin . The new miniseries is currently film , and as is apparent from Marsden ’s quotes above , those postulate with the production are very much cognisant of the irony and odd timing of telling this story when an actual highly contractable computer virus go on to spread worldwide .
The Standis reportedly in wrinkle for a 2020 spillage , although Marsden caution buff about ask it before long , as neither CBS or the cast and crew want it to appear like they ’re trying to capitalise on the similarities between Captain Trips and theCoronavirus . Obviously , should the Coronavirus get that much worse within the U.S. , there will be much more important things to concern about than a new TV show ’s premiere . Hopefully the creation ’s governments manage to get Coronavirus under restraint before its parallels toThe Standbecome even more alarming .
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