atticus finch
The small-screen adaptation of the former FBI director's memoir will also feature Emmy-winner Brendan Gleeson as Donald Trump.
"This president has completely soiled the Oval Office, soiled the presidency," the actor told MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell.
The actor drew on author Harper Lee's real-life friendship with Truman Capote in his portrayal of the young Dill Harris.
The GOP senator declined to elaborate on the questionable analogy.
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Obama said this: "If our democracy is to work in this increasingly diverse nation, each one of us must try to heed the advice of one of the great characters in American fiction, Atticus Finch, who said “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”
The iconic "To Kill a Mockingbird" character didn’t conform to traditional ideals of masculinity.
The child narrator taught readers to question their stubborn ideals.
The "To Kill a Mockingbird" author died on Feb. 19. Here are some of the great lines she left behind.
The author of the seminal work on race relations in the South died in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama.
"HarperCollins, where authors have included Michael Crichton and Veronica Roth, is calling 'Watchman' its fastest seller in history."