# Stephen King's "The Stand" to become a series of movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 27, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-stand-to-become-a-series-of-movies/705724 "2014-11-27T00:00:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-stand-to-become-a-series-of-movies/705724/41 "2014-12-01T15:34:17Z")
How about Nathan Fillion as Stu? Jensen Ackles as Larry? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-stand-to-become-a-series-of-movies/705724/42 "2014-12-01T17:13:11Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > That’s one of the things that really stuck with me from the book - both Harold and Nadine were one bad decision away from redemption. Neither of them was evil. In Nadine’s case, you could argue that she didn’t even have a choice - her choice was made for her. One of the best moments in The Stand was when Nadine took a shot at getting out of it, but doing so required someone else (Larry) to abandon his best chance for redemption, and he refused. All of that was really well-written. > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Interesting. My take on Sam Rockwell as Larry Underwood is that his success has taken a much longer time to come around. Larry has to be impish - Tom Hiddleston is a good choice, too. Whoever plays Larry also has to be able to pull off his dissolute 70s rock musician phase, and I don’t know if Hiddleston can do that. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-stand-to-become-a-series-of-movies/705724/43 "2014-12-01T20:04:00Z")
Tom Hiddleston can do anything. He’s going from Loki to Hank Williams! He’s a depressed, cynical musician in Only Lovers Left Alive (it’s a bonus he’s an ancient vampire married to a far more ancient vampire, played by Tilda Swinton). Larry would be a breeze for him. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-stand-to-become-a-series-of-movies/705724/44 "2014-12-03T18:59:10Z")
> [@BlueOhio](#): > > For anyone that saw Interstellar and noticed a conspicuous copy of The Stand on the library shelf, now you know why. I will be looking for that. > [@Alessan](#): > > How about Nathan Fillion as Stu? Interesting. I think this could just work. > [@](#): > > Jensen Ackles as Larry? Also interesting. I have a hard time picturing Dean in anything but a crew cut, but with some longer, rocker hair… > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > One of the best moments in The Stand was when Nadine took a shot at getting out of it, but doing so required someone else (Larry) to abandon his best chance for redemption, and he refused. All of that was really well-written.\ It really was. There was no good answer there - someone was going to make the wrong decision. ---
**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-stand-to-become-a-series-of-movies/705724/45 "2014-12-03T21:11:10Z")
A week in and no one has mentioned that the characters name is actually **Lloyd** Henried not Floyd. I’m thinking the character is so unimportant who cares who plays him? ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-stand-to-become-a-series-of-movies/705724/46 "2014-12-03T21:35:22Z")
> [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](#): > > A week in and no one has mentioned that the characters name is actually **Lloyd** Henried not Floyd. I’m thinking the character is so unimportant who cares who plays him? They’ll Pokerize anyone who makes that mistake again 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-stand-to-become-a-series-of-movies/705724/47 "2014-12-03T21:58:44Z")
I think Jonathan Banks is too old to play Lloyd. I’d like to see Jon Bernthal maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-stand-to-become-a-series-of-movies/705724/48 "2014-12-03T22:14:15Z")
> [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](#): > > A week in and no one has mentioned that the characters name is actually **Lloyd** Henried not Floyd. I’m thinking the character is so unimportant who cares who plays him? Dammit! My only excuse is that the character probably should have been named Floyd - he’s much more of a Floyd than a Lloyd. Jonathan Banks too old to play Lloyd? I can see that. Jon Bernthal? Yeah, actually, I can see that, too. He does play kind of dumb and kind of mean pretty well. Hey, I was just looking at actors, and I came across an interesting idea - Edward James Olmos for the role of The Judge. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-stand-to-become-a-series-of-movies/705724.md?page=2)