‘WeCrashed’ Star O-T Fagbenle on Finding the Right Fake Ears to Play Barack Obama in Showtime’s ‘First Lady’
variety.comO-T Fagbenle has a message to former president Barack Obama, whom he portrays in the upcoming Showtime series “First Lady,” set to premiere April 17: “Barack, call me.”Fagbenle discussed his upcoming turn as the 44th president, alongside Viola Davis’ Michelle Obama, at the premiere of Apple TV Plus’s “WeCrashed” on Thursday at the Academy Museum.
But did he try to contact President Obama to prepare for his role?“I did try and get in contact with him, of course!,” Fagbenle said. “This is what happened: Viola knows Michelle, and Viola had been chatting to Michelle, so I was like, ‘Yo, ViVi, yo, help me out, bro, you got a hook up!’ So she put me in contact with the personal assistant of the president, and I’m like, I’m in.
Yo, me and B are gonna play a bit of golf together.” But once it came down to actually corresponding with the former president, Fagbenle’s excitement was slightly dimmed.
He continued, “I said, ‘Look I’m filming in three months, can we chat?’ And I got a message back saying — lovely message — ‘Barack would love to, but he’s booked up.’ He’s booked up for three months?
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