This is NOT fake news: BrendanGleeson will play Donald Trump in the forthcoming CBS event miniseries based on JamesComey’s best-selling book 'A Higher Loyalty'.
, adapted the book and directs the miniseries with shooting to begin next month. Alex Kurtzman, Shane Salerno and Heather Kadin, and the mini is produced by Secret Hideout, The Story Factory and Home Run Productions in association with CBS Television Studios. CBS execs will decide later on the airdate and whether the mini is broadcast on Showtime, CBS All Access, or both.Trump is a major figure in the mini, and the Dublin-born Gleeson bears a strong physical resemblance.
“It’s hard to imagine a bigger acting challenge than playing Donald Trump,” Ray said in a statement. “You have to have presence, and a singular kind of dynamism. You also have to have the courage and the will to play Trump’s psychology from the inside out. Oh, and you have to be spectacularly talented and watchable. Not many actors check all those boxes. Brendan does. I’m ecstatic about this.”Braveheart, Michael Collins, Gangs of New York, Cold Mountain.
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