First Look: Lovie Simone as Mary Simms and Antonio Bell as her brother, Milo, who grapple with their orders to provide aid and comfort to President Lincoln's fugitive assassin in Manhunt (2024) on Apple TV+.
Mary Simms was enslaved by Samuel Mudd and later testified in the investigation into Lincoln’s killing.
“Mary Simms is someone that I came across in the transcript of the conspirators trial,” says producer and showrunner Monica Beletsky. “I found her extremely compelling. I knew that she kept house for Dr. Mudd and that her brother was considered Dr. Mudd’s carpenter. So with that in mind, when Booth needs a crutch, I have Milo, her brother, making the crutch.”
Manhunt is an adaptation of James L. Swanson’s novel about the pursuit of John Wilkes Booth.
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