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Gaffigan plays Paul F. Markham, an attorney who was a guest at the party Kennedy left with Kopechne before the car accident.
While discussing the film before its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall, Gaffigan talked about what attracted him to the project. “It was fascinating just from a political dynasty standpoint and also given where our politics is right now,” he told Vanity Fair.
Gaffigan also mentioned that in today’s society where social media is everything, Kennedy would have been condemned much more severly for the scandal. “That’s why this movie’s important,” he said. “This horrible thing happened, but there’s a lot of questions to be answered. He did a lot of good after this horrible mistake.”
“This movie’s also been a long time coming,” he added. “The fact that the movie wasn’t made before is pretty impressive.”
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