Jeff Daniels channels Will McAvoy character for rant on Trump and Clinton
HBO's "The Newsroom" may have signed off for good in 2014, but that doesn't mean we can't still get a glimpse of how the show's cranky fictional newscaster, Will McAvoy, would handle this year's unprecedented presidential race -- thanks to series star Jeff Daniels, at least.
During a visit to Bloomberg Politics' "With All Due Respect," hosted by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, Daniels obligingly brought McAvoy back to life with a scripted rant about Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and the media attention Trump has been enjoying for months.
When asked, "What makes Donald Trump the best-case scenario for Hillary Clinton," piano music swells and suddenly we're in a scene reminiscent of the very first moments of "The Newsroom," thanks to writers Matt Negrin and Griffin Hammond, who also directed the segment.
Heilemann and Halperin are also co-hosts and executive producers -- along with Mark McKinnon -- of the Showtime political documentary series "The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth," which delves into the campaigns of the major presidential candidates.