Editorial note: Spoilers ahead for the movie “Lee.”When the news came out last year that Jewish comedian Andy Samberg would be taking on his first dramatic role in the World War II biopic slash thriller “Lee,” I was conflicted. Would it even be possible to see past the playfully silly Andy Samberg of “Get in the Cage with Nicolas Cage and Nicolas Cage” on SNL or breaking out into “I Want It That Way” during a police line-up on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and believe him in an earnest performance? Even Samberg himself has revealed that he was “a bit trepidatious” to take the role of Life Magazine war correspondent David “Davey” E. Scherman. “I didn’t want to ruin the movie,” he said, albeit jokingly, in an interview with the publication Digital Spy.
As it turns out, the answer is a resounding yes, it is possible to see past all his previous performances. Samberg is more than just believable as a Jewish photographer and man bearing witness…
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