LOS ANGELES: Holly Hunter has been entrusted with playing an array of real-world women, from tennis great Billie Jean King to a cheerleading mom gone astray to her latest role, a federal prosecutor caught in the maw of politics.
In Showtimes The Comey Rule, the Oscar-winning actor (“The Piano”) was cast as Sally Yates, whose decadeslong career imploded along with that of FBI director James Comey and others serving in the Trump administration.
For Hunter, the projects main draw was playing Yates, who has enormous integrity, and brought an incredible positive, ethical energy and intellect to the Justice Department,” she said. The two-part drama debuts 9 p.m. EDT Sunday and Monday.
In Yates 2017 Congressional testimony on Russian election interference, she came across as poised and exacting, befitting a lawyer who…