Intensity is coming to Hulu. Cate Blanchett level intensity. Uzo Aduba, Sarah Paulson, Rose Byrne intensity. The cast assembled for Mrs America, the F/X Hulu series that recounts right wing activist Phyllis Schlafly’s fight against the feminist movement of the 1970s is chock full of all your favoriter character actresses. Elizabeth Banks, Margo Martindale, Tracey Ullman and Melanie Lynskey are also in the cast. There are some men too, namely John Slattery, James Mardsen and Insecure’s Jay Ellis. The official synopsis reads...
“Mrs. America recounts the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and the unexpected backlash led by Phyllis Schlafly, aka “the sweetheart of the silent majority. Through the eyes of the women of the era, the FX series explores how one of the toughest battlegrounds in the culture wars of the ’70s helped give rise to the Moral Majority and forever shifted the political landscape.”
Blanchett is Shlafly, Aduba is Shirley Chisholm and Byrne is Gloria Steinem. The series was created and written by Mad Men’s Dahvi Waller, with episodes directed by Captain Marvel directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, as well as Amma Asante (Belle, A United Kingdom). We are late to showing you the trailer which was released 2 weeks ago, check it out:
Mrs. America premieres April 15 exclusively for FX on Hulu and I’ll be recapping the show weekly on my Blanchett podcast, Sundays With Cate. Are you looking forward to the series?