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Michael Douglas Explains Why He Ditched Prosthetics to Play Benjamin Franklin (Exclusive)

The 79-year-old actor talked with ET ahead of the release of his brand new Apple TV+ series.

For his part, the 19-year-old British actor -- best known for his role in John Krasinski's A Quiet Place films -- said that aside from working with Douglas and portraying the younger Franklin, who would go on to become a diplomat in his own right, the show was an opportunity to sink his teeth into a period piece of epic proportions. Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones - FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty ImagesAccording to Apple TV, the show -- an eight-episode series -- is an adaptation of Kirk Ellis's A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America. Franklin also stars Marc Duret, Ludivine Sagnier, Thibault de Montalembert, Daniel Mays, Assaad Bouab, Eddie Marsan, Jeanne Balibar, Théodore Pellerin, and John Hollingworth.

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