‘The Looming Tower': Why Wrenn Schmidt’s CIA Agent Character Believes ‘We’re Always at War’

Wrenn Schmidt’s character Diane Marsh on Hulu’s new drama “The Looming Tower” is nothing if not a strategist, the actress says.

“I’ve always viewed Diane as a tactician,” Schmidt told TheWrap in a recent interview. “Like somebody who probably from a young age was obsessed with games of strategy, like chess.”

The drama, which is based on Lawrence Wright’s book of the same name, takes a look at the events leading up to Sept. 11, 2001, and the feuds between the men in charge in the FBI and CIA, which is where Diane works as an analyst. Her boss, played by Peter Sarsgaard, is at constant odds with Jeff Daniels’ chief of the New York FBI’s Counter-Terrorism unit.