This is a damn fine New Deal: Kyle MacLachlan to play FDR

Today, in casting you never would have thought of but absolutely works: Kyle MacLachlan has signed on to play Franklin Delano Roosevelt. According to Variety, the Twin Peaks star is set to do his best FDR in Atlantic Crossing, a Norwegian-produced World War II drama series. The eight-part drama will see MacLachlan opposite Swedish actress Sofia Helin in “the true story of Norwegian Crown Princess Martha, who fled the Nazis and lived in the White House, becoming an influential figure in world politics.” Because remember when the White House cared about refugees and/or other world leaders? Yeah, neither do we…

Please help these sad nobodies and: