Matthew Broderick to join 'Katrina: American Crime Story'

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By Darian Scalamoni

            The cast for Ryan Murphy’s American Crime Story continue to add a plethora of talent, the newest addition for next season’s Katrina is no exception. According to Variety, Matthew Broderick has joined the cast for the second season of the FX anthology series.

            Broderick will play Michael Brown, the former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) who was criticized due to the slow response to the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Broderick joins Annette Bening as the only cast members confirmed so far though there are rumors that Courtney B. Vance, Sarah Paulson and Cuba Gooding Jr. could return after starring in Season 1 subtitled, The People v. O.J. Simpson. Brown resigned from FEMA less than two weeks after President George W. Bush visited a Katrina disaster site and proclaimed, “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job.” A statement that was juxtaposed compared to the images of the victims and the devastation in Louisiana.

            Broderick was most recently seen in the Oscar nominated film, Manchester by the Sea and Warren Beatty’s Rules Don’t Apply. Broderick will aim to set the bar high along the rest of the ensemble as The People v. O.J. Simpson garnered several accolades including nine Emmy’s.