“I never had to fake it on this show; I saw myself as James in that position ... and it’s the president of the United States,’” Marsden recalls Fogelman saying. “And I was like ...

There’s a James Marsden for everyone ... president’s assassination then tells his story in flashbacks while Secret Service agent Xavier Collins (Sterling K. Brown) tries to solve his murder ...

Brown stars as United States Secret Service agent Xavier Collins ... D.C. When Xavier gets to President Cal Bradford's (James Marsden) room, he finds him bludgeoned to death. He takes a minute to call ...

“I do make more money now,” Brown joked during the panel alongside co-star James ... in on Marsden’s casting as the uniquely burdened president to Brown’s Secret Service agent.