Tommy Lee Jones, ‘Lincoln’ Star, On Thaddeus Stevens, Improv And Today’s Politics

In a film of impressive performances, Tommy Lee Jones nearly steals the show in “Lincoln” as Radical Republican Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, who fought hard for abolition and whose blistering insults of his opponents in Congress made him both feared and hated. The role is tailor-made for an actor who’s made a career of playing cantankerous…
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