Jared Harris is slowly growing into one of my favorite actors. The guy has been in comedies, indie films, dramas, and is a fantastic television actor. So finding out that he's been cast as Ulysses S. Grant in Steven Speilberg's Lincoln doesn't surprise me. Being that it's based on the biography written by Dolores Kearns Goodwin, Grant won't be a major character, but that doesn't take away the fact that Harris is someone who demands your attention.
Lincoln covers the last four months of the civil war. Grant rises to prominence beginning with his decisive victories battles at Shiloh and Vicksburg, and his continued success on the battlefield eventually earned him command of all Union armies in 1964. It makes sense that Grant will be playing a small role in the film considering that the cast is really just gigantic and amazing. The film stars Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln, as well as Sally Field, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tommy Lee Jones, James Spader, John Hawkes, Michael Stuhlbarg, David Strathairn, Walton Goggins, David Oyelowo, Tim Blake Nelson, Bruce McGill, Jackie Earle Haley, and Lee Pace. Yeah. That's a lot.
Anywho, Lincoln will be released in late 2012. After the jump, check out an off-set photo of Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln. It's truly just startling.
