Bradley Whitford & Allison Janney Reunite on The Diplomat

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[{"selector":"#anim-534ba1c4-3614-49d5-bb76-3cb2c30167ae [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-23.240291099759048%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Whitford joins Season 3 of Netflix's The Diplomat

[{"selector":"#anim-17b02c55-41cf-455a-b9bc-28740803c427 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-26.217830738043656%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Whitford plays Todd Penn, husband to Janney’s Grace Penn

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[{"selector":"#anim-caa77505-a579-4d2a-84bd-1a5f2149632c [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-29.071475068828985%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Janney joked that kissing Whitford “was like kissing my brother,”

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[{"selector":"#anim-d96d4936-9b58-417b-a540-5b8311837e94 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-30.426520151499155%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Todd & Grace Penn are nothing like their West Wing characters

[{"selector":"#anim-7a9d4aa9-f083-4444-a3c7-15e401eba37d [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-30.426520151499155%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] “It would’ve been harder with someone I didn’t know,” Janney said.

[{"selector":"#anim-edaabc10-cd6f-4463-8da2-fd5cce505737 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-28.51197416867691%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Fans loved seeing two of TV’s best back together — this time with romantic tension!