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Daveed Diggs to play Frederick Douglass on Showtime's The Good Lord Bird; Wyatt Russell also joins cast
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Diggs will play famed abolitionist Douglass on the slavery drama starring Ethan Hawke, while Russell will appear in several episodes as a federal officer with orders to apprehend Hawke's John Brown. The eight-part limited series The Good Lord Bird will premiere on Feb. 16, 2020.
TOPICS: Daveed Diggs, Showtime, The Good Lord Bird, Frederick Douglass, Wyatt Russell
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