Earlier today, The Playlist reported that Evan Rachel Wood and Toby Kebbel have joined the cast of Robert Redford-directed period thriller/drama THE CONSPIRATOR, with the script written by James Solomon. We even got a couple of first look photos. about the infamous Mary Surratt, the woman President Andrew Johnson called as second only to John Wilkes Booth in the assassination plot of the 16th President of United States.
She sympathized with the Confederates and supplied Wilkes Booth and his accomplice weapons at her tavern after the murder took place at the Ford’s theater. Surratt’s son John was also alleged to be part of the conspiracy, was also put on trial but was never convicted.
Mary Surrat, however, was found guilty. She went down in history as the first woman ever executed by the United States federal government, and was hanged by the neck til dead in 1865. And now Variety reported that the project has gained 3 more actors, Tom Wilkinson, Kevin Kline and Alexis Bledel. Read more after this jump to find out their roles in this movie… Read the rest of this entry »
