First Look at The Comey Rule: The TV Drama That Will Enrage Trump

[steve2470]

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/07/the-comey-rule-trump-brendan-gleeson-jeff-daniels-tv



It’s hard to know what Donald Trump will hate more—that the upcoming two-night drama about the 2016 election so witheringly presents him as vulgar, corrupt, and deeply indebted to the manipulations of Vladimir Putin, or that he has to share the spotlight with James Comey.

The Comey Rule, based on the former FBI director’s memoir A Higher Loyalty, follows the bureau’s leadership during that tumultuous campaign as they parse Democratic contender Hillary Clinton’s email controversies while simultaneously grappling with evidence that Russia was trying to help Republican Trump win the election. Jeff Daniels portrays Comey as someone beholden to the rules of his position and institution nearly to a fault, while Brendan Gleeson’s Trump is a thoughtless exploiter of honor systems who has no problem setting that same rulebook on fire and hurling it at anyone who displeases him.

Writer-director Billy Ray, best known for the true-life films Richard Jewell, Captain Phillips, and Shattered Glass, is braced for rage from Trump and his supporters now that the project’s secrecy has lifted. He’s even expecting some blowback from the left over lingering resentment over Comey’s actions. “I recognize that there is something for everyone to hate in this movie, and I know we’re going to be prejudged by a lot of people who think they know who Comey is, who think they know who Trump is, and who think they know exactly what happened in 2016,” Ray said. “And I understand how polarized the public is out there. And that’s fair.”

Vanity Fair can reveal the exclusive first trailer for the series below—the first time the Trump election has been explored in a way that’s not satire. “We are the first depiction ever of Donald Trump as a dramatic character,” Ray said, mentioning the spoofs of the president on Saturday Night Live. “This is not Alec Baldwin…whom I love, by the way.”

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Well, this should be interesting. And it airs at the end of September.

[hlthe2b]

2. Whoa Boy.... That's going to fire him up--just as early voting begins...

I LOVE Jeff Daniels--even if he's playing Comey, I still have to root him on.

[Midnight Writer]

3. If not for the Citizen's United decision, could they show this so close to an election?

[Faux pas]

4. Kicketty Kickin'

[Bayard]

5. Jeff Daniels will have to wear some major elevator shoes

Isn't Comey like, 6'7"?

[ananda]

6. Brendan Gleeson looks exactly like Trump!

But so did Alec Baldwin.

It's just weird how easy he is to imitate.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. Look forward to it

[LymphocyteLover]

8. Just watched this today-- really good, worth the time

the beginning of part 2, right after Trump is elected, brought tears to my eyes