Jeff Daniels interview: The Comey Rule star discusses if the show can sway the US elections, spell doom for Donald Trump

Former FBI director James Comey may or may not have influenced the 2016 US presidential elections, but the new two-part miniseries about the role he inadvertently played in Donald Trump’s victory certainly believes that it could influence voters ahead of the 2020 polls. The Comey Rule will give people more information about something they think they know but really don’t,” he said. You find that in a lot of heroes, they hang on to something bigger than themselves, and I think that’s what got Jim through this.” To help him through the challenge of playing Comey on screen, Daniels told Ray, “Get me great actors.” And they don’t get any better than Brendan Gleeson, who was cast as Donald Trump. “This isn’t Alec Baldwin doing an SNL sketch,” Daniels said, referring to Baldwin’s Emmy-winning appearances as Trump on the comedy show.