First Look: Michael Douglas as Benjamin Franklin for Apple TV+
Apple TV+ today shared a first-look image of Academy, Emmy and AFI Lifetime Achievement Award-winner Michael Douglas as the lead role of ‘Benjamin Franklin,’ for the untitled, upcoming Apple TV+ limited event series.
The Apple TV+ limited event series is from Emmy and WGA Award-winning writer Kirk Ellis (“”) and Emmy and DGA Award-winning director Tim Van Patten. Based on the book “A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America” by Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff.
In addition to Douglas as the lead role of ‘Benjamin Franklin,’ the cast also includes:
Noah Jupe (“Honey Boy,” “A Quiet Place”) as ‘Temple Franklin.’
Ludivine Sagnier (“Lupin”) as ‘Madame Brillon.’
Thibault de Montalembert (“Call My Agent!,” “The Tunnel”) as ‘Vergennes.’
BAFTA Award-nominee Daniel Mays (“Des,” “Rogue One,” “Line of Duty”) as ‘Edward Bancroft.’
Assaad Bouab (“Call My Agent!,” “The Pursuit of Love”, “Bad Sisters”) as ‘Beacumarchais.’
Eddie Marsan (“Ray Donovan”) as ‘John Adams.”
Jeanne Balibar (“Irma Vep,” “Cold War”) as ‘Helvetius.’
Theodore Pellerin (“There’s Someone Inside Your House,” “On Becoming a God in Central Florida”) as ‘Lafayette.’