By Spencer Coile
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For those desperately hoping that Ryan Murphy will bring Annette Bening Emmy glory for her role on the second season of American Crime Story, think again. Hilary Swank has been cast in the new FX limited series, Trust, which will be helmed by Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle...
Swank will play Gail Getty, mother to John Paul Getty III, heir to the Getty oil fortune and kidnapped in 1973. The 10 episode limited series will follow Gail and she attempts to bring her son home and pay for the multi-million dollar ransom, despite being completely broke.
This news is surely exciting and even more indicative of the move to television many actresses have been making in the past few years. Still, and this is merely speculation currently, could this mean another showdown between Bening and Swank? Very little is known about the second season of American Crime Story, but it is centered around the aftermath of Hurriane Katrina and is set to premiere in 2018. Is it possible for Swank to swoop in once more to win the Emmy against Bening? And does this speak to the increasingly cutthroat Best Actress in a Limited Series/TV Movie race at the Emmy's that we have begun seeing?