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See Showtime's The First Lady Cast Side-by-Side with the Real-Life People
People ^ | April 17, 2022 | Kelsie Gibson

Posted on 04/25/2022 10:02:58 PM PDT by Trillian

The first season of the anthology series stars Viola Davis as Michelle Obama, Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford and Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt. See the cast side-by-side with their real-life counterparts

Viola Davis as Michelle Obama

"It's terrifying," Davis said about playing Obama on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. "Because sometimes someone doesn't live up to whatever image you have in your head. But when they do live up to the image, it's quite frightening."

O-T Fagbenle as Barack Obama O-T Fagbenle plays President Barack Obama on the series, opposite Davis' Michelle Obama.

"Barack Obama came alive during the social media movement, he's one of the most recognizable people, so [the challenge was] finding a way of playing a character, discovering a character and not doing an imitation," The Handmaid's Tale actor told Variety of playing Obama.

He continued, "It was very hard … Playing him over the span of 15 years is a challenge, as well, but it was a beautiful challenge."

Lexi Underwood as Malia Obama

Lexi Underwood as Malia, Viola Davis as Michelle Obama Lexi Underwood plays Malia Obama on the series, and the resemblance is uncanny. The Little Fires Everywhere actress said she tapped into a "different side" of herself to play the eldest Obama daughter.

"With me being from Washington, D.C., I tapped into a younger Lexi that lived in D.C. I can relate to living in the midst of politics and feeling like you're too young or limited to speak up for what your passionate about," she told theGrio. "Malia's story about how she uses her voice and platform just while being in the house is something just so exciting to see."

(Excerpt) Read more at people.com ...


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KEYWORDS: barackobama; gilliananderson; kiefersutherland; otfagbenle
O-T Fagbenle as Barack Obama
1 posted on 04/25/2022 10:02:58 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Trillian

Ru-Paul as Michael Obama?


2 posted on 04/25/2022 10:10:12 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Bikkuri

3 posted on 04/25/2022 10:11:01 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: Trillian

4 posted on 04/25/2022 10:12:11 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: BenLurkin

I don’t know why, but I have to view the page source to get the link of the image.. then go to that link to see the image.. o.O


5 posted on 04/25/2022 10:14:31 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Trillian

The Betty Ford actress bears a real resemblance to Betty. Most of the others, not so much.


6 posted on 04/25/2022 10:16:58 PM PDT by Veto! (Political correctness offends me)
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To: Trillian

Michelle Pfeiffer. She’s too beautiful to be a Lib right ?


7 posted on 04/25/2022 10:44:11 PM PDT by jcon40 (Machinery is only as good as its design and quality of parts. A citizen is only as good as...)
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To: Trillian
Read last week that fans severely criticized Davis's portrayal of Moochie, especially her facial expressions with the lips. I'm not watching the series, but I have to say that pictures of her, and a video I saw, are pretty funny.

Viola Davis’ Pursed-Lipped Portrayal of Michelle Obama Draws Backlash

8 posted on 04/25/2022 10:44:25 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Trillian

Puff piece of fluffer oral suck-ups. Just Michelle’s 45 odd magazine covers to push her image.

And then zero of Mrs Trump!


9 posted on 04/25/2022 10:45:29 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: Trillian

Howard Stern’s Beetlejuice is a dead ringer for Mikey O.


10 posted on 04/26/2022 12:26:42 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Plugs the Pedo - The Shart Heard 'Round The World)
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To: BenLurkin

That video needs sounds of pigs eating.


11 posted on 04/26/2022 1:29:33 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: Trillian

Umm, no thank you.
Not watching some tard lib Leftist/Socialist/Communist fest.


12 posted on 04/26/2022 2:01:34 AM PDT by cranked
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To: Trillian

Did the actress pose in a form fitting. bright green dress? Similar to Michelle in that now infamous photo with the unnamed banana shaped “protrusion” in the lower torso.


13 posted on 04/26/2022 2:32:22 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Trillian

O-T Fag.....LOL!! Hammer met nail!


14 posted on 04/26/2022 4:00:27 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: UnwashedPeasant
"That video needs sounds of pigs eating."

And the sound of Boehner weeping/whimpering. Worthless, weeping, drunk p.o.s. that he is.


15 posted on 04/26/2022 7:05:41 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: Trillian
Viola Davis plays America's princess Michelle Obama:

Click second image to get full-motion video.

I think these are being scrubbed since they are hard to find.

16 posted on 04/26/2022 8:27:57 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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