Gillian Anderson to play Eleanor Roosevelt in Showtime's "The First Lady"

[klutzy_girl]

Gillian Anderson To Star As Eleanor Roosevelt In ‘The First Lady’ Showtime Limited Series https://t.co/NliauYCir5
- Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) February 22, 2021
Gillian is set to play Eleanor Roosevelt, joining Viola Davis and Michelle Pfeiffer. Season one focuses on Eleanor Roosevelt, Michelle Obama, and Betty Ford. The other cast includes Aaron

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[klutzy_girl]

Fuck yes! This cast is amazing and I'm here for it. But hopefully this goes better than her playing Margaret Thatcher did.

[therearewords]

Let me guess, Viola Davis plays Hillary.

[gloeden2]

Oh, come on, now, let's at least keep it in the realm of the possible.
Viola will play Betty Ford.

[vatulele]

I hope she doesn’t overdo Eleanor’s Mid Atlantic accent. That was probably most jarring about her Thatcher.

[gloeden2]

I'm sorry, I'm not feeling Anderson's work in that or in this.
She could surprise me but her depictions are so show-y and actor-y.

[insecuredesign]

I loved her in The Fall and Hannibal but I was so distracted by her accent in The Crown

[jarellano89]

Girl, she's an actress. You're describing Anne Hathaway tbh.

[aprilbegins]

Hmm, I'd lean toward Allison Janney for that particular role

[vatulele]

Oh my gooood yes.

[archersangel]

Mostly for the height alone. Eleanor Roosevelt was 5'11", Janney is 6'0" & Anderson is only 5'3".

[jarellano89]

Ooh yeah that would totally work. Hopefully she nabs that character in something else.

[laminy]

I assume it will be better than her Thatcher (and only because it couldn't be worse).

[jarellano89]

Meryl's thatcher looked like Mrs doubtfire. I wonder who could nail her