Dave Davies
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
That's the Netflix series.
He was elected in 1880.
What drew you to this project?
Candice Millard.
Yeah, she's been on our show.
Terrific historian.
Yeah, and it's interesting because Garfield was kind of an accidental hero.
I mean he was initially going to nominate someone else for the presidency and the convention got deadlocked and people were so captivated by his speech they turned to him.
I didn't remember anything about James Garfield.
I'm sure most of us don't.
But when I saw you in that suit and that big beard and that long coat and vest and bow tie, I thought, yes, that's the picture we've seen of James Garfield.
Talk a little bit about –
physically occupying the care.
Did you grow that big beard?
Did you find you're carrying yourself differently?
I mean, did you feel like a president?
Did people treat you with deference on the set?
You're a little more like a statue than an active human.
Right, right, right.