A new trailer for Ryan Murphy's upcoming Netflix series, The Politician, premiered during the Emmy Awards on Sunday, giving fans a first look at Bette Midler and Judith Light's characters.
Midler and Light play Hadassah Gold and Dede Standish, respectively, in the upcoming series.
On The Politician, Platt plays Payton Hobart, "a wealthy student from Santa Barbara, California, who has known since age seven that he's going to be President of the United States."
"It was a very fascinating character to get to play after playing someone so sort of mild-mannered as Evan," the actor added.
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