Overview

• In a Vulture interview Malin Akerman said showrunners described her character Margo Banks as “a bit like” Melania Trump.
• Akerman emphasized that was the only explicit Trump reference and she supplemented it with impressions of high-society behavior.
• The Hunting Wives has topped Netflix’s U.S. streaming charts since its late July debut under a one-year Lionsgate license.
• Neither Netflix nor Melania Trump’s representatives have issued a response to the published creative reference.
• Legal demands from the first lady’s lawyers, including edits to a James Carville podcast episode, underscore heightened caution around portraying Melania Trump.