journalist Gabe Sherman’s Vanity Fair exposé as its basis and will follow the saga of the Falwell family, from Jerry’s early days taking over his father’s position as President of Liberty University to he and his wife Becki’s present disgraced status thanks to an alleged affair with a pool boy.
Here’s an opportunity to make a trashy show like Melrose Place look modest. Hollywood casting directors, start taking notes…Though Mr.
Edgerton might be an Aussie, he’s proven himself effective at playing Southern Americans in such films as Boy Erasedand Loving.
He also has a knack for playing tortured and twisted character, which is probably more generosity than Falwell Jr. deserves.Speaking of actors specializing in Appalachian accents, Oscar-winner Paquin has the right mix of sexuality, modesty, and cunning to embody a real-life Lady Macbeth like Becki Falwell.