Regina King to play Michelle Obama’s mom in Showtime collection ‘The First Lady’
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LOS ANGELES: Veteran actor Regina King has been tapped to play the position of Michelle Obama’s mom, Marian Shields Robinson, within the upcoming Showtime anothlogy collection “The First Lady”.
According to Deadline, actor Saniyya Sidney has been solid to essay the position of Sasha Obama, whereas Evan Parke will play SS Allen Taylor, Michelle Obama’s first and longtime safety agent.
Newcomer Julian De Niro has been roped in to star as younger Barack Obama.
Previously introduced solid consists of Lexi Underwood as Malia Obama, O-T Fagbenle as Barack Obama and Derek Cecil as Donald Rumsfeld.
The present, previously titled “First Ladies”, options actor Viola Davis as Michelle Obama, Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford and Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt.
The episodes will give attention to the non-public and political lives of First Ladies from all through the historical past of the US.
Season one will characteristic the life tales of Roosevelt, Ford and Obama.
Novelist Aaron Cooley is writing the collection and also will function the manager producer together with Cathy Schulman, Davis and Julius Tennon of JuVee Productions, Andrew Wang, Jeff Gaspin and Brad Kaplan.
