“The truth is most Americans have no idea what diplomats do,” says the president of the American Foreign Service Association. A show in production, starring Keri Russell of “The Americans” fame, is about to change that.
Keri Russell is set to star in the new series as a career Foreign Service officer appointed the U.S. ambassador to London. | Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP PhotoThe first clue that an upcoming Netflix show called “The Diplomat” is fiction is that the main character — played by Keri Russell of “The Americans” fame — is a career Foreign Service officer appointed the U.S. ambassador to Britain.
“We’ll take what we can get,” said Eric Rubin, president of the American Foreign Service Association, the diplomats’ union. “The truth is most Americans have no idea what diplomats do. Anything that helps people understand what it is that diplomats do and what our Foreign Service does for our country is positive.”After all, as one journalist noted
According to various media reports, the show tells the tale of Kate Wyler, a career diplomat thrust into a role she’s not quite ready for, in part because. Her husband, Hal, played by Rufus Sewell, has also been an ambassador, but his career appears headed downhill. According to a person close to the show, its staff interviewed around 60 experts during a two-year development process. They included current and former diplomats as well as military and intelligence analysts and protocol advisers. The show also had six on-staff consultants from the national security and foreign affairs realms.
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