Michael Shannon, James A. Garfield and Matthew Macfadyen
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Netflix’s Death by Lightning dramatizes the life and assassination of President James A. Garfield, starring Michael Shannon as Garfield and Matthew Macfadyen as his killer. Meanwhile, Yoko Ono’s first solo museum exhibition in Southern California,
Indeed, Garfield not wanting the nomination for President is one of the reasons why his peers end up elevating him to that position at the RNC that takes place in Death by Lightning. Although as Shannon says, that way of thinking about public servants feels very foreign nowadays.
Michael Shannon also talks about his longtime friendship with actor Shea Whigham, who's also in the Netflix limited series.
Mike Makowsky had spent months working on obtaining permission from the government to see the real thing, so perhaps it’s not all that surprising that the new Netflix limited series he’s created,
Assassination thriller “Death by Lightning” showcases the O.G. bad stan with toxic parasocial behavior. Sound familiar?