Dakota Fanning to Star in New Series, Rodham

Dakota Fanning has landed a new role! The actress is set to star alongside Claire Danes in new series, Rodham.

Based on the Curtis Sittenfeld novel, Variety is reporting, “imagined an alternative universe in which Hillary Rodham Clinton met and dated Bill Clinton at Yale Law School, but never married him. Instead of the life Clinton has actually led, in Rodham, she goes on to thrive as a Northwestern University professor, and launches an eventual presidential run in 2016. Real-world events — such as rape accusations against Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump as a significant figure in politics — also play out in Sittenfeld’s novel, but in vastly altered ways.”

Fanning will play Clinton, as will Danes at different ages in her life.