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‘I’M WARY OF BEING INVOLVED IN THE SOAP OPERA OF POLITICS’

O-T Fagbenle is a versatile British actor, best known for playing Luke – husband to June (Elisabeth Moss) in . We’ve also seen him as heroic fixer Rick Mason in Marvel’s , optimistic and tragic Felix in the BBC’s terrific adaptation of Zadie Smith’s and narcissistic, deluded former boyband star in cringey comedy , which he also wrote and produced. But his new role in The First Lady takes him into a different league. Barack Obama is one of the most instantly recognisable people on the planet. Playing the

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