The newest full-length trailer for the upcoming Showtime miniseries The Comey Rule was released on Monday.
The new trailer gives a fuller view of Brendan Gleeson, 65, who looks just like the 45th president, Donald Trump.
The series, which also stars Jeff Daniels, 65, as James Comey, is focused on dual investigations into Russian interference in the presidential election and Hillary Clinton’s private email server.
Picture perfect: Brendan Gleeson, 65, plays an eerie version of President Donald Trump in the new full-length trailer for The Comey Rule, which dropped Monday
The trailer opens with Michael Kelly as Andrew McCabe, Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
McCabe explains to his colleagues that they have to go through ‘347,000 emails to determine if one of the candidates in that election needs to be indicted’ with only 15 days left until the election.
Daniels makes a first appearance as he’s briefed over the phone that FBI agents believe Russian cyber interference is trying to ‘sabotage Secretary Clinton’s campaign.’
The then-FBI director gulps in a later scene as he learns that Trump has won the presidency.
The setup: The trailer opens with Michael Kelly as Andrew McCabe, Deputy Director of the FBI, explaining the investigation into Hillary Clinton and Russian interference with 15 days to the election
The lead: Daniels makes a first appearance as he’s briefed over the phone that FBI agents believe Russian cyber interference is trying to ‘sabotage Secretary Clinton’s campaign’
Awkward: The then-FBI director gulps in a later scene as he learns that Trump has won the presidency
Next, Gleeson stands in silhouette as Trump while delivering an impeccable impression of his voice.
‘No one has ever succeeded like I have,’ he says in voiceover.
The president dismissed Comey on May 9, 2017, after he faced widespread criticism for how he handled the investigation into Clinton’s private email server.
Gleeson even captures the presidents walk and stance in an infamous scene in which he declares Comey to be ‘more famous than me’ in front of reporters in the Oval Office.
The trailer then shifts to the investigation into Russian meddling in the election with the release of the Steele Dossier, written by former spy Christopher Steele, which alleged coordination between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.
Lookalikes: President Trump (pictured right) dismissed Comey on May 9, 2017, after he faced criticism for his 2016 handling of the bureau’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. Gleeson does an impeccable version of Trump’s voice and even mimics his mannerisms
Investigator: James Comey (pictured right), who was appointed FBI Director by President Obama, also headed an investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US election and alleged links between Moscow and the Trump campaign. Jeff Daniels captures his uptight manner
Hard to tell apart: Next, Gleeson stands in silhouette as Trump while delivering an impeccable impression of his voice
Nailed it: Gleeson even captures the presidents walk and stance in an infamous scene in which he declares Comey to be ‘more famous than me’ in front of reporters in the Oval Office
The Russians: The trailer shifts to the investigation into Russian meddling in the election with the release of the Steele Dossier, written by former spy Christopher Steele, which alleged coordination between the Trump campaign and the Russian government
A scene where Trump invites Comey over to the White House for a private dinner is shot and scored like an ominous horror film.
‘Just the two of us?’ Comey asks as he arrives.
‘Nobody gets treated as unfairly as I do. It’s disgraceful,’ Gleeson whispers in Trump’s voice. ‘I need loyalty. I expect loyalty.’
Next, another character says, ‘The president just committed a crime in your presence.’
Chilling: A scene where Trump invites Comey over to the White House for a private dinner is shot and scored like an ominous horror film
Surprised: ‘Just the two of us?’ Comey asks as he arrives
Complaining: ‘Nobody gets treated as unfairly as I do. It’s disgraceful,’ Gleeson whispers in Trump’s voice. ‘I need loyalty. I expect loyalty’
The trailer concludes on a fast-paced montage of characters worrying over Comey’s approach to the investigation.
‘He thinks that being right will save him,’ warns one unseen person at the end. ‘It won’t.’
We also see a roundup of the other cast members, including British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir as President Barack Obama, Holly Hunter as Acting Attorney General Sally Yates and Jennifer Ehle as Patrice Comey, the FBI director’s wife, Scoot McNairy as Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Peter Coyote as Robert Mueller.
Oona Chaplin, Amy Seimetz and Breaking Bad’s Jonathan Banks also appear.
The miniseries was originally scheduled to air in late November, after the election, but director Billy Ray convinced Showtime to move it up to September 27 and 28 in order to let viewers take it into consideration before casting their ballots.
The trailer concludes on a fast-paced montage of characters worrying over Comey’s approach to the investigation. ‘He thinks that being right will save him,’ warns one person. ‘It won’t’