Jeff Daniels in the 2000 movie, "Cheaters," which he did for HBO. Now he's starring a the police chief of a decaying small town in the Rust Belt in "American Rust," premiering Sept. 12 on Showtime.
“This is less of a Hollywood-polished version of southwest Pennsylvania and more of this cast trying to blend in and become one of them,” Daniels said.
Jeff Daniels plays the police chief in a decaying small town of the Rust Belt in Showtime’s new series, “American Rust.”
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Jeff Daniels has enjoyed a career in both movies and TV. Here he is seen in "101 Dalmatians."
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Jeff Daniels in the 2000 movie, "Cheaters," which he did for HBO. Now he's starring a the police chief of a decaying small town in the Rust Belt in "American Rust," premiering Sept. 12 on Showtime.
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Maura Tierney (left) co-stars with Jeff Daniels in Showtime’s new series, “American Rust,” premiering Sept. 12.
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“This is less of a Hollywood-polished version of southwest Pennsylvania and more of this cast trying to blend in and become one of them,” Daniels said.
For many years Jeff Daniels was known for his film roles in movies like “Dumb and Dumber,” “The Squid and the Whale,” “Fly Away Home” and “Pleasantville.” But all that changed because of the late actor James Gandolfini.
“Jim Gandolfini made it happen,” says Daniels. “’The Sopranos’ (in which Gandolfini starred) changed television, as did HBO, Showtime, Netflix, Amazon. All of a sudden, you’ve got all these other places to go ... It’s not TV versus movies.”
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