WE'RE BACK HERE WITH WHOOPI GOLDBERG.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR NEW SERIES ON CBS ALL ACCESS, AND

NOT JUST BECAUSE I'M A COMPANY MAN-- THOUGH I AM.

I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT "THE STAND."

THIS IS GOING TO BE MY JAM OVER THE CHRISTMAS BREAK.

IT'S BASED ON STEPHEN KING.

HE'S ACTUALLY WRITING THE FINAL EPISODE HIMSELF.

AND YOU WANTED TO BE IN THIS SINCE THE FIRST ADAPTATION SINCE

1994.

WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT THIS STORY?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IN A LOT OF KING'S WORK, YOU DON'T FIND A

LOT OF PEOPLE OF COLOR.

AND SO, IN READING "THE STAND," WITHIN ONE OF THE PIVOTAL

FIGURES IS MOTHER ABIGAIL, AND SHE'S 108, AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT

WELL, YEAH.

WHY NOT-- WHY NOT ME?

AND THEN I COULDN'T DO IT, YOU KNOW.

AND I THOUGHT WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN DONE.

IT WAS DONE BRILLIANTLY, AND IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN

AGAIN.

AND I FORGOT ABOUT IT.

ASK THEN I GOT A CALL FROM A FRIEND OF MINE, JOSH BOONS, AND

HE SAID, "I'M DOING 'THE STAND'."

AND I SAID, "DO YOU THINK MAYBE I COULD COME AUDITION?"

AND HE SAID, "NO, I'M ASKING YOU TO BE IN IT, IT'S A DONE DEAL."

RUBY DEE, WHO DID THE ORIGINAL MOTHER ABIGAIL WAS THE SAME AGE

I AM NOW WHEN SHE DID MOTHER ABIGAIL, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.

OF COURSE, IT'S 20, 30, 40 YEARS SINCE THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN.

AND QUITE A BIT OF TIME SINCE THEY DID THE ORIGINAL

MINI-SERIES.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BRING HER IN, TOO-- AND BRING ALL OF

THESE CHARACTERS-- INTO 2020 MINDSET.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE IS THAT THING THAT HAPPENED.

>> Stephen: WE HAVE-- WE HAVE A CLIP HERE OF MOTHER ABIGAIL

BEFORE WE GO TO HER, WHO IS SHE?

>> SHE IS THE OTHER SIDE OF DARK, YOU KNOW.

SHE'S THE LIGHT.

AND SHE'S BEEN GIVEN THIS THING TO FIND ALL THESE PEOPLE AND

WALK INTO THEIR DREAMS AND SAY, "COME AND FIND ME.

THIS IS WHERE I AM."

SO ALL OF THESE PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY START HEADING

TOWARDS HER, WHERE SHE SAID SHE IS, TO FIND OUT WHY THEY WERE

CHOSEN, WHY SHE'S COMING INTO THEIR DREAMS.

SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, I THINK.

AND IT'S JESS YOUNG AND I, I THINK, IN THE SCENE.

>> Stephen: JIM.

>> >> HELLO, FRANNIE.

MY NAME IS ABIGAIL FREEMANTEL.

YOU COME SEE ME AT HEMMING FOOT HOME, COLORADO.

CAN YOU REMEMBER THAT FOR ME?

>> Stephen: I'M HOOKED.

I'M IN.

>> IT'S REALLY-- I MEAN, I HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S

SOMETHING ABOUT THIS STORY.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, ALL THAT'S GOING ON WITH US.

HOPEFULLY, WE DON'T DISCOVER YOU KNOW IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS IT'S A

FIGHT BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL AND GOD AND THE DEVIL AND ALL THAT

KIND OF STUFF.

BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT KIND OF JUST FEELS LIKE YOU

MIGHT BE DRAWN TO IT, THAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE DRAWN TO IT.

SO I'M EXCITED.

>> Stephen: >> Stephen: "THE STAND"

PREMIERES THIS THURSDAY ON CBS ALL ACCESS, AND YOU CAN FIND HER

CHRISTMAS COLLECTION IN NORDSTROM NOW.

WHOOPI GOLDBERG, EVERYBODY!

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

THANKS, WHOOPI.

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