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25.02.2021 / 16:37
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Kenneth Branagh is unrecognizable as Boris Johnson in COVID-19 drama
60-year-old actor will play the British Prime Minister in the new Sky Atlantic drama.The five-part series will chart the events surrounding the Prime Minister, the government, and the country in the face of the first wave of the global pandemic.Kenneth’s casting as Bojo was first announced last month, and now the first look image of him as the PM shows his utter transformation into the 56-year-old politician.Kenneth has swapped his neatly trimmed brown hair for Boris’ trademark wild blonde locks and prosthetics appear to have been used to give him more of Bojo’s facial features.The series will be directed by Michael Winterbottom, who will also co-write, while Tim Shipman, the political editor of The Sunday Times, will act as a consultant.
