The third episode of the nine-part CBS All Access limited series based on Stephen King’s The Stand debuted last Thursday and after spending the first two episodes establishing characters such as Stu Redman (James Marsden), Harold Lauder (Owen Teague), Frannie Goldsmith (Odessa Young), and Larry Underwood (Jovan Adepo), “Blank Page” introduced two more critical characters to the story, Nick Andros (Henry Zaga) and Tom Cullen (Brad William Henke). As fans have the book have noticed, the series makes some major changes from page to screen, including some of the characters. This new take on the story features a few gender swaps and a couple of shifts in race but it also sees some major changes in how Tom Cullen, a developmentally disabled man key to the story, is portrayed. Now, executive producer Benjamin Cavell is opening up about how the character is updated for the series.
