“[You] can’t, like, point to the footage of him walking into a supermarket and go, ‘That’s not what he’s like.'” <\/p>
New Apple TV+<\/a> drama Manhunt<\/a> dramatises the hunt for John Wilkes Booth, which took place over the 12 days following his assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.<\/p>\n The series<\/a> stars Hamish Linklater as Lincoln, while Anthony Boyle plays Booth, although the real centre of the drama is Edwin Stanton, the war secretary who is tasked with finding Booth and getting justice for Lincoln.<\/p>\n Stanton is played by Tobias Menzies, who is no stranger to playing real-life figures, having previously portrayed Prince Philip in seasons 3 and 4 of The Crown<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, with Stanton having lived over 100 years before Philip, playing the two roles is a markedly different prospect.<\/p>\n RadioTimes.com<\/a> spoke with Menzies exclusively, and he revealed the ways in which preparing for the two roles differed.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cThe honest truth is you have a bit more licence, because they can\u2019t, like, point to the footage of him walking into a supermarket and go, \u2018That\u2019s not what he\u2019s like.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cSo, I guess, a bit more leeway to create the character that we needed for the centre of this story. And it goes without saying, it\u2019s not a documentary, it\u2019s a piece of reimagining.\u201d<\/p>\n Menzies continued: \u201cI guess I was keen to bring to it a sense of the kind of political creatures that were running the US then. They were men of, I get the sense, great moral purpose, a great deal of vision about what the country that they were building should or shouldn\u2019t be, and they were also men of argument, I think.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cYou know, they could speak to a room, hold an argument over probably many hours. When you read the books, the political debate at the time was certainly not short on words.<\/p>\n \u201cSo yeah, I guess the kind of heat and the fact that it was a country at the beginning of its story.\u201d<\/p> Manhunt is based on James L Swanson\u2019s non-fiction book Manhunt: The 12 day chase for Abraham Lincoln\u2019s Killer<\/a>, and has been described as \u201ca conspiracy thriller about one of the best known but least understood crimes in history\u201d.<\/p>\n Manhunt will premiere on Apple TV+ on Friday 15th March 2024 with the first two episodes, then episodes will be released weekly.<\/strong>\u00a0Sign up to Apple TV+ now<\/a><\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. 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