Trivia / The Politician

• Adored by the Network: The Politician was renewed for a second season a full year prior to the series' premiere.
• California Doubling: City University of New York (with a very conspicuous "Boylan Hall" sign) doubles for Harvard.
• The Cast Show Off: Ben Platt, a Broadway actor/singer, showcases his singing abilities in several episodes.
• Dawson Casting: The teen cast is played by twenty and thirty-somethings.
• Fake American: British-raised Lucy Boynton plays Astrid Sloan. However, she was born in New York City.
• Production Posse: The series includes previous and sometimes frequent Murphy/Brennan/Falchuk collaborators Laura Dreyfuss, Jessica Lange, Gwyneth Paltrow, Dylan McDermott, Jackie Hoffman, Teddy Sears, and Judith Light.
• Renewed Before Premiere: It was renewed a full year before the show even premiered.
• Those Two Actors: Ben Platt and Laura Dreyfuss were both part of the original Broadway cast of Dear Evan Hansen. By coincidence, similar to Evan Hansen, this show's events are largely set off by a suicide.
• Word of God: According to the show's producers, James is a transmasculine person. His actor, Theo Germaine, is non-binary.