Casting Announced For 11/22/63
Posted: April 7, 2015, 20:54
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Chris Cooper (Al Templeton) - The irascible owner of Al’s diner, a mentor/friend to Jake. His appeal to save Kennedy sends Jake on his incredible mission.
Sarah Gadon (Sadie Dunhill) - Sadie is the luminous, sharp librarian in 1960s Jodie, Texas. She falls in love with Jake, unaware of his double life.
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Cherry Jones (Marguerite Oswald) - Lee Harvey Oswald’s mother. She is as needy and difficult as her infamous son.
Daniel Webber (Lee Harvey Oswald) - One of the most discussed figures in American history and an enigma even to himself.
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George MacKay (Bill Turcotte) - A young, guileless bartender from 1960s Kentucky, Bill becomes Jake’s ally.
Lucy Fry (Marina Oswald) - Lee Harvey Oswald’s Russian wife. She is a knockout and challenged to make her way in a foreign country with her unpredictable husband.
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Leon Rippy (Harry Dunning) - A kind, soft-spoken and damaged janitor at Jake’s school in 2015; his traumatic early life in the 1960’s has a surprising impact on Jake.
James Franco (Jake Epping) - A high school English teacher who travels back in time to try to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on the fateful date in American history.
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Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald has signed on to direct and executive produce the first two hours of the nine-hour event series.
Thanks to Lou Sytsma