Michael Douglas is committed to portraying Benjamin Franklin as faithfully as possible – the good, the bad, and the bad.
During the performance jess cagle showDouglas plays the founding father of Apple TV+ franklinrevealed the unique choices he made for his portrayal and the details he wanted to include.
In the show’s pilot episode, the 79-year-old actor has a “farting moment.” Although it may not be known to most fans, Douglas revealed that flatulence is an integral part of the real-life Franklin. Co-host Julia Cunningham said the diplomat was “very funny” and ” fart proudly.
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“That was actually something I added to the script because I read [Fart Proudly]” Douglas explained. “I mean, there’s been some criticism about this show that goes, ‘Ugh, they’re trying to show me farting.'”
He went on to share how he sent fart proudly To critics who didn’t know this part of Franklin’s history and misunderstood the moment in the pilot.
“He was so proud,” he said of Franklin and how he vented. “He wrote a whole book about it, so I decided to do the opening episode.”
Based on the book by Stacey Schiff Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America, franklin It tells “the thrilling story of one of the biggest gambles in Benjamin Franklin’s career.”
Set in December 1776, an American polymath sets out to conduct a “world-famous” electrical experiment that will test his “passion and strength,” according to the show’s official synopsis.
With the “fate of American independence” at stake, Franklin sets sail for France on a “top secret mission.” Without proper diplomatic training, Franklin used his fame and charisma to successfully persuade an “absolute monarchy to undertake America’s democratic experiment,” a feat that was precluded by the Revolutionary War. It proved essential to winning.
Speaking at the 2024 Winter Television Critics Association press tour in February, the actor revealed that he took on the project because he was “at a point in my career where I was trying different things.” Ta.
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“I’ve never had a period. [genre]So I wanted to see what I looked like in tights,” he joked, adding that his “initial attraction” was because of the costume.
Douglas also said that playing one of America’s Founding Fathers (who called him “a bit of a scoundrel”) was a great opportunity that included “a great, great cast.”
Kominsky method Alums include Daniel Mays, Noah Jupe, Thibault de Montalembert, Ludivine Sagnier, Eddie Marsan, Asad Bouab, Jeanne Balibar and Theodore Pellerin. franklin.
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new episode of franklin Drops Friday on Apple TV+.
