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Edit cast list for: The Stand (1994)?
Trivia:	Actor Matt Frewer has appeared in 6 `~85~` adaptations including this one which is more than any other actor. The others he has appeared in are @%Bag of Bones%@, @%Desperation%@, @%Quicksilver Highway%@, @%Riding the Bullet%@, and @%Lawnmower Man 2%@. He is also the voice of Dad in "The Shining" TV mini-series! Mother Abigail's house and cornfield were constructed to full scale on a sound stage. Corn stalks were flown in from Florida for the sound-stage cornfield. By the time the corn got to the set in Utah, it was dead. Fake corn was constructed instead, costing nearly 80,000 dollars. For that farm set, a full-size tree, tons of dirt, grass, and sod were brought in. The sky was painted on a backdrop that surrounded the entire stage. SPOILER: [Cameo] `~5563~`: Bobby Terry (the guy who kills Judge Farris):SPOILER The shot where the car nearly runs over Nick Andros' (`~1585~`) head was shot in reverse. For years it was planned to make this story into a theatrical film, directed by `~George A. Romero~`. `~85~` did many drafts to make it of a suitable length for a feature film, and when he couldn't get it short enough they considered breaking it into two separate films before finally letting `~Rospo Pallenberg~` write a draft. But before they could make it, King was offered the chance to make this mini-series for television. The art directors needed to figure out how a Magic 8-Ball worked for a certain scene. They called the toy company who makes them, but the company refused to disclose the secret. Due to the demands of filming out of sequence, and having less time to shoot than the story actually takes, it was not possible for the male actors to grow and shave off natural facial hair. In order to make their characters appear to grow beards, each of the actors grew their hair longer, and the tips were cut off and attached to their faces with static electricity so that the color would look natural. `~1585~` plays the deaf-mute character Nick Andros. In real life, he is deaf in his right ear. `~85~`'s favorite character in both the book and the mini-series is Lloyd Henreid (`~3030~`). The shot with Randall Flagg's hand bending backwards was done by using makeup on the palm of `~16949~`'s left hand to make it look like the back of his right hand. Randall Flagg first appeared in the novel @%The Stand%@, and went on to appear in several other `~85~` books, most notably @%The Eyes of the Dragon%@ and @##The Dark Tower##@. He goes by several aliases, often identified by the initials R.F. As of 2017, @%Eyes of the Dragon%@ has not been turned into a film. In @%The Dark Tower%@, Flagg is played by `~4615~`. The "Boulder Free Zone" was originally to be filmed in Boulder, Colorado. However, soon before production was to begin, Colorado passed Amendment 2, an amendment to their state Constitution which nullified any existing laws protecting the rights of homosexuals. In protest, the production moved to Utah. (`~85~`'s daughter Naomi is a lesbian.) Much of the movie was even filmed on the old Osmond sound stages in Orem, Utah. This amendment was later overturned in the case of Romer v. Evans. Actors initially considered for the part of Randall Flagg: `~1731~`, `~11288~`, `~7400~` and `~4617~`. `~3030~` originally wanted to play the role of Randall Flagg, but `~85~` wanted someone that the audience wasn't overly familiar with. After Ferrer heard that his friend `~16949~` had been offered the part, but wasn't sure it was something he wanted to do, Ferrer convinced him to take it. Co-stars `~1446~` and `~1585~` share the same birthday: March 17th. The book features many references to, and similarities with, `~8363~`'s @##Lord of the Rings##@. One less obvious reference may be the name Nick Andros. Middle-Earth features an island called Cair Andros. `~85~` said that he wanted to write an American version of 'Rings'. Other similarities include Flagg's roving eye, and the group of three ordinary people who defeat a monster. Dayna Jurgens's failed attempt to kill Flagg also parallels Eowyn's fight with the Witch-King of Angmar. Prior to this scene in the book, she sees the necklace Lloyd has, which Flagg gives to all his followers. Rather than being simply a brown stone as in the film, it is a black jewel with a red flaw in the center, resembling a great flaming eye, which actually reminds her of the Eye of Sauron. The ABC network originally wanted `~1585~` to play `~Larry Underwood~`. `~9108~`: Russ Dorr (the guy with the beard out in the desert). Captain Trips was a nickname of Grateful Dead guitarist `~Jerry Garcia~`. The role of Judge Richard Farris was originally to have been played by `~9428~` who was forced to back out due to health reasons, and `~16960~` was brought in instead.
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