He’s been busy recently reprising his most famous onscreen political role as (now former) President Whitmore in Independence Day: Resurgence. But Bill Pullman is taking a job on Rob Reiner’s LBJ that should see him debating civil rights, not fighting aliens.
Woody Harrelson is playing Lyndon Baines Johnson in the film, which follows the man's rise from the South to the White House, and the political turmoil he faced when the assassination of John F. Kennedy suddenly catapulted then Vice President Johnson in to the Oval Office’s big chair. Facing battles on either side of the spectrum, he attempted to heal the nation and secure his legacy by finally passing his predecessor’s Civil Rights Act.
Pullman will be Senator Ralph Yarborough, a famously progressive Democrat from Johnson’s Texan home state who, despite their shared history, often found himself at odds with the man who would be president. He joins a cast that already includes Rich Sommer, Richard Jenkins, Eric Lange and Tim Ransom.
Joey Hartstone wrote the script for this one, which represents a subject Reiner has been trying to get on screen for several years now. It’ll start shooting in September in New Orleans, Dallas and then Washington, D.C. In addition to the Independence Day sequel (due here on June 24 next year), Pullman will also be seen in American Ultra, which lands in the UK on August 28.
from Empire News
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