‘Katrina: American Crime Story’ Casts Matthew Broderick as FEMA Director

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Actor joins Annette Bening in Ryan Murphy’s latest anthology series installment


“Katrina: American Crime Story” has just cast Matthew Broderick in the role of FEMA director FMichael D. Brown, FX announced Thursday.

Brown was in charge of the federal disaster response to Hurricane Katrina, which is the subject of the second installment of the FX anthology series.

Broderick joins Annette Bening, who will play Kathleen Blanco, the Louisiana governor who held office during and after the hurricane.

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Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson serve as Executive Producers on Katrina: American Crime Story, which is produced by Fox 21 Television Studios and FX Productions.

One of the biggest questions surrounding such a famous disaster has been which major political players will be portrayed in the fictionalized, scripted series.

“Yes, you’ll have the famous people, and also people who weren’t famous during Katrina,” executive producer Brad Simpson said during TCA in August, declining to confirm whether people like George W. Bush, president at the time in 2004, would be included.

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“We’re looking at it to be tonally and thematically incredibly different [from Season 1],” Simpson continued. “Really it’s going to be about two things, one is just the intensity of what it’s like to be there on the ground, to be in the pressure cooker, but also thematically, the bigger crime — that Katrina was something that was predictable, that we weren’t prepared for, but we knew was going to happen. It turns a lens back on America, and shows some uncomfortable truths about it. We’re about to get scripts in, so we’ll know who the main characters will be.”

Murphy, Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson serve as Executive Producers on “Katrina: American Crime Story,” which is produced by Fox 21 Television Studios and FX Productions.

The third installment, titled “Versace/Cunanan,” will tackle the 1997 murder of designer Gianni Versace.

“American Crime Story” recently won critical acclaim and a slew of Emmys for its first outing, “The People v. O.J. Simpson.”


'Katrina: American Crime Story' Casts Matthew Broderick as FEMA Director
 

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This shyt is gonna be crazy/dope and heartbreaking at the same time. Ryan Murphy said he's basically pulling no punches.
 

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I thought they were doing Monica Lewinsky & Bill Clinton? Either way im in.
 

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yo this has SO much potential :wow: i didnt even know this shyt was a series like this :dead:

the number of stories is limitless. i bet this is gonna be fukkin dope too
 

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I've always disliked seeing this guy in movies because of his punchable face. Obviously still in for the season though.
 
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