Currently there are two very big movies about Abraham Lincoln being developed. The first, called Lincoln, is from Steven Spielberg and has Daniel Day Lewis playing the 16th president. That film just added David Strathairn as William Seward. The other one, in case you were wondering, has vampires.
Anyway, Strathairn will play Seward, one of the most interesting characters in Lincoln’s cabinet. Not only did he purchase Alaska from Russia (and by the transitive property we can thank or hate him for Sarah Palin), he was almost assassinated the night Lincoln was shot as well. And by an attempt, I mean the would-be assassin managed to stab Seward in the face and neck before being subdued. Then Seward recovered and brokered the deal for Alaska. If that isn’t badass, I don’t know what is. He also has a statue here in New York, but I only know that because it’s beside Shake Shack.
Source: ComingSoon