The Comey Rule: An awful lot at stake as Brendan Gleeson takes on Donald Trump role
Brendan Gleeson as Donald Trump in The Comey Rule, which begins next week on Sky Atlantic.
When Brendan Gleeson makes his grand entrance as Donald Trump approximately an hour into Sky Atlantic’s upcoming political thriller, The Comey Rule, it’s like the scene at the end of Apocalypse Now in which Colonel Kurtz finally enters the frame. Or when the shark arrives in Jaws.
Everything until this moment has just been build up. And now he’s here, Gleeson-as-Trump is terrifying. The eyes are cold pin-pricks. The orange hair juts aggressively. A weird, malevolent glow emanates from his skin. Whatever you think of the real life Trump, Gleeson’s take on the American President is a masterclass in uncanniness. It’s one of the actor’s most unnerving turns.
