Nick Offerman (Parks and recreation, The last of us) AND Betty Gilpin (INCANDESCENCE, Gaslit) have joined the cast of the Netflix series about the assassination of President Garfield, Death by lightning. They join previously announced series protagonists Matthew Macfadyen AND Michael Shannon in the show, which will tell the story of US President James Garfield (Shannon) and his assassination by Charles Guiteau (Macfadyen). It is based on the novel The fate of the Republic Of Candice Millard.
Gilpin will play Crete Garfield, the First Lady and wife of President Garfield. Offerman will play Chester A. Arthur, Garfield’s vice president and possible successor.
The book description reads:
James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into extreme poverty, he became a scholar prodigy, a Civil War hero, and a renowned and admired reformist congressman. Appointed president against his wishes, he engaged in a fierce battle with the corrupt political establishment. But four months after he took office, a deranged office-seeker tracked down Garfield and shot him in the back.
But the shot didn’t kill Garfield. The drama of what happened next is a powerful story of a nation in turmoil. The distraught assassin’s half-baked blow shattered the fragile national mood of a country recently fractured by civil war, and left the wounded president the subject of a bitter behind-the-scenes struggle for power, over his administration, over the future of the nation. and, disturbingly, for his medical care. A team of doctors administered incredibly archaic treatments, with disastrous effects. As his condition worsened, Garfield received help: Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, worked around the clock to invent a new device that could find the bullet.
The series was written by Bad education screenwriter Mike Makowsky, who created the series, and will be directed by Matt Ross (Captain Fantastic) with game of Thrones duo David Benioff AND DB Weiss executive production.
by Jessica Fisher
Source: Geek Tyrant
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