Aaron Paul to play legendary whiskey distiller Jack Daniel in drama series for WGN America

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By Darian Scalamoni

            WGN America is just another rising television network that is trying to work its way to the eyes of many across the country trying to make way for more TV. They might have a hit on their hands after casting a very well-known television star for their next series. According to Indiewire, the network has cast Aaron Paul to play the businessman and famous distiller of whiskey known as Jasper Newton “Jack” Daniel.

            Anyone who is of legal drinking age knows of the world-famous whiskey drink titled “Jack Daniel’s” and WGN America will finally teach audiences how Daniel came to make his alcoholic beverage. The series will be based on the biography written by Peter Krass titled Blood and Whiskey: The Life and Times of Jack Daniel. The story follows Daniel after his father’s death in the civil war led to him learning to make moonshine and then eventually become a distiller. The drink that he created is the top selling American whiskey in the world which makes it another reason why WGN America would want to pick up the series and add a prestigious TV talent like Paul.

            Paul is best known for his work as Jesse Pinkman on AMC’s Breaking Bad but can also currently be seen on Hulu’s cult-thriller The Path. The whiskey drama would join the network’s current slate of dramas that include Underground and Outsiders. No news on when the show will air or begin shooting, but I sure am excited to see Paul step out of his wheelhouse for a period piece about my personal favorite liquor!