Netflix Debuts First Look Photo at 'Kennedy' Series of Michael Fassbender as Joe Kennedy Sr.
Netflix has released a behind-the-scenes photo of Michael Fassbender on set of the upcoming Kennedy drama series!
In the photo, the 48-year-old Oscar-nominated actor is wearing a black tux with a white rose boutonniere as he watches some footage on monitors behind the scenes. In the series, Michael will be playing Kennedy family patriarch, Joe Kennedy Sr.
Keep reading to find out more…Along with the photo, Netflix has also added 13 recurring cast members including Georgina Bitmead as Eunice Kennedy, Miley Locke as a younger Kick Kennedy, Tipper Seifert-Cleveland as a younger Rosemary Kennedy, Hera Hilmar as actor-turned-journalist Inga Arvad, Wyatt Russell as American aviator Charles Lindbergh, Patrick Fischler as American journalist Arthur Krock, Caitlin FitzGerald as American writer and socialite Clare Boothe Luce, Louis Landau as Billy Cavendish, the Marquess of Hartington, Robin Soans as British prime minister Neville Chamberlain, Denis O’Hare as American politician Raymond Furness, Albert Welling as British prime minister Winston Churchill, Toby Huss as President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Eddie Marsan as J. Edgar Hoover, who was the first director the FBI.
Previously announced series regulars are Laura Donnelly as Rose Kennedy, Nick Robinson as Joe Kennedy Jr, Joshuah Melnick as John F. Kennedy aka Jack, Lydia Peckham as Rosemary Kennedy, and Saura Lightfoot-Leon as Kick Kennedy. Recurring cast members include Ben Miles as Eddie Moore, Cole Doman as Lem Billings, and Imogen Poots as Gloria Swanson.
Here’s the logline: KENNEDY reveals the intimate lives, loves, rivalries and tragedies that shaped the most iconic dynasty in modern history, and helped create the world we live in today. Beginning in the 1930s, the first season charts the improbable ascent of Joe and Rose Kennedy and their nine children, including rebellious second son Jack, who struggles to escape the shadow of his golden boy older brother.