KYLE MacLachlan

The Twin Peaks and Sex and the City star, 62, gets presidential for the new Masterpiece drama Atlantic Crossing (April 4 on PBS). The series is based on the World War II relationship of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Norwegian Crown Princess Märtha

(Sofia Helin), who flees Nazi Germany with her three young children and lives under Roosevelt’s protection.

What’s unique about this WWII story? The focus of this is on the growth of Crown Prin

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her voice, her strength and her passion. This is a historical side of World War II that is not typically explored—a woman’s journey and the contribution that women made in the war.

What did you learn that you didn’t know about FDR?

He had a tremendous sense of humor, very much of a kidder and a jokester. I’m sure these days some of what he said would be considered inappropriate, [and] the people around him could give as well as get. They didn’t let up because he was in a wheelchair. I think he really liked that. He liked to be treated as a regular guy.

Was the physicality of the role difficult for you, in FDR’s wheelchair? It was challenging, and it really explains a lot about why he used his voice so well and why he used his head a lot as a way of gesturing. He was a wonderful orator. When he was standing addressing a crowd, he was gripping the podium so strongly to keep himself erect that he didn’t have the use of his hands to gesticulate, so it became his head.

Do you think that there’s a chance of more Twin Peaks? There’s always a chance. But I have not a clue. It’s completely in [creator] David Lynch’s hands. He is the sole decider.

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