{"id":41671,"date":"2026-08-12T21:35:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T16:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=41671"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:35:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T16:35:29","slug":"neal-huff-gaby-hoffmann-join-paramounts-the-best-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=41671","title":{"rendered":"Neal Huff, Gaby Hoffmann Join Paramount+&#8217;s &#8216;The Best Of Us&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EXCLUSIVE: <\/strong>Neal Huff (<em>Fallout, A Murder at the End of the World<\/em>), Gaby Hoffmann (<em>Transparent, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere<\/em>), and Sky Yang (<em>Last Days, Rebel Moon<\/em>) will star in <em>The Best of Us<\/em>, the upcoming Paramount+ limited series from writers Tobias Lindholm and Frank Pugliese.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Best of Us<\/em> dramatizes a landmark case that reshaped the fight for accountability: a relentless legal war that stretched nearly a decade to secure almost $1 billion in compensation for first responders who fell gravely ill in the wake of 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeremy Strong leads the cast as renowned class action lawyer Jason Smith, who risked everything to take on entrenched institutions, exposing the politics, greed, corruption and betrayal that compounded tragedy, set against the emergency workers\u2019 remarkable unity and bravery as The World Trade Center was collapsing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Best of Us<\/em> cast also includes Barry Pepper as Coach, a former NYPD police officer and 9\/11 first responder suffering from leukemia, a result of his work at Ground Zero, and Andrea Riseborough as Molly, Coach\u2019s resilient wife who is deeply concerned about her husband\u2019s health and family\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The newly added trio and who they will play can be found below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Huff<\/strong> will play Peter Allen, Jason\u2019s (Strong) pragmatic colleague at the law firm who is a sounding board and early on questions the viability of the case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hoffmann<\/strong> will play Kathleen McCormick, a seasoned FDNY firefighter and activist who is deeply affected by the ongoing deaths from 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Yang<\/strong> will play The Lost Son,\u201d a young and mysterious homeless man who has experienced hardship at a young age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From Paramount Television Studios and Sister,\u00a0the new 6-episode limited series\u00a0is written, directed and executive produced by Tobias Lindholm (<em>The Investigation, A War<\/em>) and written and executive produced by Frank Pugliese (<em>House of Cards<\/em>). 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