{"id":8076,"date":"2017-08-01T10:09:32","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T14:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/manhunt-unabombers-sam-worthington\/"},"modified":"2017-08-01T10:25:08","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T14:25:08","slug":"manhunt-unabombers-sam-worthington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/manhunt-unabombers-sam-worthington\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview with Manhunt: Unabomber\u2019s Sam Worthington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Manhunt: Unabomber <\/em>co-star<em>\u00a0<\/em>Sam Worthington speaks with\u00a0<em>TV Drama<\/em>\u00a0about what drew him to the role of\u00a0FBI Agent Jim \u201cFitz\u201d Fitzgerald, and why Discovery Channel is a good home for\u00a0the series.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; display: block; max-width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1120308147\/default_default\/index.html?videoId=5527716252001\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>From 1978 to 1995, one man terrorized the U.S. by sending explosives bearing the initials FC through the mail. Discovery Channel\u2019s eight-episode scripted series\u00a0<em>Manhunt: Unabomber<\/em>, which makes its two-hour premiere tonight at 9 p.m., tells the story of FBI Agent Jim \u201cFitz\u201d Fitzgerald, who developed forensic linguistics, a revolutionary approach to criminal profiling that helped take down Ted Kaczynski, the infamous \u201cUnabomber.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sam Worthington (<em>Avatar<\/em>, <em>Hacksaw Ridge<\/em>) portrays Fitz in his first major leading role on U.S. television, with Paul Bettany (<em>Captain America: Civil War<\/em>, <em>A Beautiful Mind<\/em>) as Kaczynski; Chris Noth (<em>Law &amp; Order<\/em>, <em>Sex and the City<\/em>) as Don Ackerman, the Bay Area divisional head of the\u00a0FBI who supervised the UNABOM Task Force; and Jane Lynch (<em>Glee<\/em>) as Attorney General Janet Reno. Created by Andrew Sodroski, the series is produced by Lionsgate and Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti\u2019s Trigger Street Productions. 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