MANHUNT: DEADLY GAMES’ Cameron Britton on the Importance of Telling Richard Jewell’s Story

“Centbom” — The most complex FBI manhunt on U.S. soil begins following the deadly terrorist attack at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, on the broadcast premiere of MANHUNT: DEADLY GAMES, Monday, Sept. 21 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Cameron Britton, Jack Huston, Gethin Anthony, Carla Gugino, Arliss Howard, Kelly Jenrette and Judith Light star. The story of wrongly accused Richard Jewell and the search for serial bomber Eric Rudolph comes from Lionsgate and Spectrum Originals. Pictured: Cameron Britton as Richard Jewell. Photo: Lewis Jacobs/Lionsgate. All Rights Reserved.

In July 1996, security guard Richard Jewell discovered a bomb at Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park during the Summer Olympic Games. His quick action, as he alerted other members of law enforcment, helped prevent a bigger tragedy when the device exploded, killing one person (with another suffering a fatal heart attack) and injuring hundreds.

But things took a turn when Jewell himself was falsely accused of being the one to actually set the bomb. In MANHUNT: DEADLY GAMES, debuting Monday, September 21 on CBS, the fallout of is explored. (The series previously ran earlier this year on Spectrum Originals.)

Here, Cameron Britton (an Emmy nominee for MINDHUNTER) shares the importance of telling Jewell’s story… Read more