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Cast
Ben Platt (Payton Hobart)Zoey Deutch (Infinity Jackson)Lucy Boynton (Astrid Sloan)Julia Schlaepfer (Alice Charles)Laura Dreyfuss (McAfee Westbrook)Theo Germaine (James Sullivan)Rahne Jones (Skye Leighton)Gwyneth Paltrow (Georgina Hobart)David Corenswet (River Barkley)Benjamin Barrett (Ricardo)Ryan J. Haddad (Andrew Cashman)Judith Light (Dede Standish)Bob Balaban (Keaton Hobart)Bette Midler (Hadassah Gold)Jessica Lange (Dusty Jackson)Jackie Hoffman (Sherry Dougal)Trevor Eason (Martin Hobart)Trey Eason (Luther Hobart)
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Creators
Ian Brennan, Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Mal Merpi
Synopsis
Payton Hobart, a student from Santa Barbara, has known since age seven that he's going to be President of the United States. But first he'll have to navigate the most treacherous political landscape of all: Saint Sebastian High School.
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