, actor Neal McDonough is living out a longtime dream of portraying Ike onscreen. It just so happens he’s doing it alongside lots of aliens in the latter half of season 10 dubbed “Death Valley.” But that detail doesn’t seem to faze the 55-year-old performer, who talked with ET about getting into character, sharing scenes with Sarah Paulson, and his future in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, especially after reprising his role as Dum Dum Dugan in an episode of After a career of playing war heroes, McDonough says the chance to appear as the president is icing on the cake. “I’ve always been such a huge fan of Eisenhower and what he stood for, who he was, the kind of man that he was,” the actor explains. “The honor of playing Eisenhower is hard.
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