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Peter Sarsgaard to star in new Hulu series 'The Looming Tower'

By Karen Butler
Actor Peter Sarsgaard arrives at the world premiere of "The Magnificent Seven" in Toronto on September 8, 2016. Sarsgaard is to co-star in the new Hulu series "The Looming Tower." File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI
Actor Peter Sarsgaard arrives at the world premiere of "The Magnificent Seven" in Toronto on September 8, 2016. Sarsgaard is to co-star in the new Hulu series "The Looming Tower." File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI | License Photo

March 20 (UPI) -- Jackie and The Magnificent Seven star Peter Sarsgaard has joined the ensemble of Hulu's original drama series The Looming Tower.  

The 46-year-old actor will play Martin Schmidt, "a CIA analyst who invariably believes he's by far the smartest person in the room" in the 10-episode drama, a press release from the streaming service said.

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Co-starring Jeff Daniels, Tahar Rahim, Michael Stuhlberg, Bill Camp, Virginia Kull, Louis Cancelmi and Sullivan Jones, the show is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning exposé by Lawrence Wright.

"The Looming Tower traces the rising threat of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida, and takes a controversial look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI may have inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Iraq," the press release said.

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