"In Death By Lightning, Matt Ross's stranger-than-fiction Netflix series starring Michael Shannon, Matthew Macfadyen, Betty Gilpin and Nick Offerman, breakout star Laura Marcus excels in a supporting role which consolidates her position as a compelling new force on-screen. The four-episode limited series, created by Mike Makowsky, directed by Ross (Captain Fantastic) and produced by David Benioff and DB Weiss (Game of Thrones), retells the true story of political unrest and bipartisan divide in late 19th-century America."
"Marcus will next appear in the Hunger Games franchise's upcoming film, Sunrise on the Reaping, in 2026. Filmed in the run up to the Trump versus Harris election, there was a mounting sense of anxiety on and off set, Marcus tells us. "The divisive nature of this election, the anxiety we all felt because of politics - these factors constantly reminded us of the importance of telling stories like this.""
Death By Lightning is a four-episode limited Netflix series created by Mike Makowsky, directed by Matt Ross and produced by David Benioff and DB Weiss. The series dramatizes the 1881 assassination of President James A. Garfield by Charles J. Guiteau and probes late 19th-century political unrest and bipartisan division. Michael Shannon portrays Garfield, Matthew Macfadyen portrays Guiteau, and Laura Marcus appears as Mollie Garfield in a notable supporting role that consolidates her on-screen presence. Filming took place amid contemporary election tensions, producing on-set anxiety and underscoring unsettling parallels between past and present political polarization. The series presents Garfield as a symbol of progress halted.
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