He finds Michael Douglas's portrayal of Benjamin Franklin in the show to be poor and improperly cast.

“I think he's terrible Benjamin Franklin I think he's truly abysmal Benjamin Franklin and I was looking at this show and I was watching it and everyone else in the room was like it's a good show and I'm like it could be but their Franklin in the movie in the show Franklin just seemed like a terrible ”

He agrees with Mark's assessment that Michael Douglas's portrayal of Benjamin Franklin is a bad casting choice.

“to get back to your Franklin point he doesn't look like Benjamin Franklin to me nor does he sound like it but he just looks like Michael Douglas dressed funny yeah no he looks like Michael Douglas in a Halloween costume”

Tom Holland characterizes Benjamin Franklin as a unique founding father who functions as a living link between the American republic and its English origins.

“In Franklin you see a guy who is um a herald of the American republic but he is also a reminder of the kind of the the English origins of this republic.”

Dominic Sandbrook views Benjamin Franklin as an exceptionally impressive, appealing, and jovial figure who represents the best of American exceptionalism.

“I think Franklin is an incredibly impressive man, but he's also, I think, a very appealing man. Most revolutionaries I tend not to find very appealing because they're very they incline towards the dogmatic I think. But Franklin is a very very jovial presence.”