#9812316, By ChronoTravis The Stand movie - how should it be done?

ChronoTravis 1 Sep 2013 00:40:29 155 posts
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YenRug wrote:
@ChronoTravis The one problem with the TV series: Randall Flagg being played as a "good ole boy".

The actor they got for him was pretty much perfect, looks wise, but what they needed to do was keep his face in deep shadow as much as possible and have him played in a menacing way; when he made you an offer, you didn't just accept because it was the best thing you could have happen to you, but because you knew it would be bad for you if you didn't.

What you got was a guy in denim being all chatty, if you started to turn against him he then started turning mean, but what you really needed was it to be obvious that you had to be stupid (or incredibly brave) to say no.

I agree that Flagg was played as a bit too much of a jokester in the mini-series. In the book, he was a lot stranger and creepier; more menacing. Whoever said Matthew Mcconaughey may be on to something. I think he may have the right look for the character, but I hope they play him closer to the book depiction, in the new movie(s).

Edited by ChronoTravis at 00:40:45 01-09-2013