A group of HFPA journalists had the opportunity to visit the set of the USA Network’s new political drama POLITICAL ANIMALS, a series starring Sigourney Weaver which is  set in Washington D.C. but actually filmed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Weaver plays a former First Lady who, after having lost her own bid for the US presidency now finds herself working as Secretary of State for her formal election rival, a storyline which will  no doubt lead to comparisons with a recent US president and his First Lady.

“The series is full of rich characters ,” Weaver told the HFPA members, who also talked with cast members Carla Gugino, Ciaran Hinds, James Wolk and Sebastian Stan.

Ellen Burstyn and Brittany Ishibashi also star.