24 actor Kiefer Sutherland has lined up a presidential role in a new TV series, as he has signed up to play the 32nd US President, Franklin D Roosevelt, in Showtime series The First Lady.
The drama series will tell the stories of women who have been at the heart of the White House, revealing the personal and political lives of three First Ladies through interweaving storylines.
Variety reports that Jack Bauer star Sutherland will portray Roosevelt, who led the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the only US President in history to have served for more than two terms and is known for building the New Deal Coalition.
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Sutherland has experience sitting in the Oval Office as he previously played a fictional US President named Tom Kirkman in the drama series Designated Survivor.
The Crown and The X-Files actress Gillian Anderson will star in the series as Franklin's wife Eleanor Roosevelt, who was the longest-serving First Lady in US history and who had an active political career both during and after her time in the White House.
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The First Lady will also focus on a more recent presidential couple in the form of Barack and Michelle Obama, with The Suicide Squad actress Viola Davis set to play Michelle and Black Widow actor O-T Fagbenle taking on the role of the 44th President.
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The show will also feature 38th President Gerald Ford, who will be played by London Has Fallen star Aaron Eckhart. His wife Betty Ford is set to be played by Ant-Man and the Wasp star Michelle Pfeiffer, while their daughter Susan Ford will be played by Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actress Dakota Fanning.
The First Lady will be written and executive produced by Aaron Cooley, with The Undoing director Susanne Bier set to direct and executive produce. Viola Davis is also among the executive producers.
Sutherland recently signed up for another TV project in which he'll be returning to the spying world, playing private espionage operative James Weir.
The series will see James in the middle of a battle over the preservation of democracy in a world fraught with misinformation and surveillance.
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