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21 January 2008

Oliver Stone to direct George W. Bush bio-pic; Josh Brolin set to play the title role. This could be interesting...→[More:]
In the past, Stone's been notorious in his penchant for stunt casting. I'm curious as to whom he'll pick to play some of the supporting roles in this thing.

For Condoleeza Rice ... Angela Bassett?

For Karl Rove ... Philip Seymour Hoffman?

For Dick Cheney ... Ed Harris?

(I dunno -- I'm not very good at this.)

post by: Atom Eyes at: 15:38 | 17 comments

What, Lucifer's not available for Cheney?

posted by scody 21 January | 16:02

Ugh. He doesn't deserve a biography.

posted by pieisexactlythree 21 January | 16:03

Josh Brolin will have to practice his supercilious expression. Bush always looks like he's saying "I made a poopie!"

For Condoleeza Rice, Nia Long.

posted by taz 21 January | 16:07

After seeing Josh Brolin in No Country For Old Men this weekend, I'm convinced he can do anything - even George Bush!

posted by triggerfinger 21 January | 16:08

If by "interesting" you mean ill-advised. Ah well, it might be fascinating in a burning Hindenburg kind of way. Does Bush need a biopic already? I think we give the man too much attention, if we ignore him, he will just go away, say early next year, at the latest.

For casting you are thinking conventionally, the way Oliver has been going lately, I would expect things a little more on the Twilight Zone side of things. Eddie Murphy as Condoleeza Rice is more likely.

posted by King of Prontopia 21 January | 16:11

Maybe a porn biography would be better, sort of like the one Mary Cary made to document her own election bid in the California recall, with Ron Jeremy as Cruz Bustamante.

posted by pieisexactlythree 21 January | 16:23

When I was thinking of who could play Dick Cheney, this character actor popped into my head, I didn't even know his name and couldn't put my finger on what he was even in, so I did a bit of Googling and found him - J T Walsh, the best bad guy ever. I thought of him because I recently watched "A Few Good Men" again and he played Colonel Markinson.

What I didn't know is that he died almost 10 years ago, so sadly we will never see him play Dick Cheney.

posted by triggerfinger 21 January | 16:24

David Huddleston (the big Lebowsky):

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Cheney:

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posted by taz 21 January | 16:45

Nia Long:

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Condoleezza:

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posted by taz 21 January | 16:55

I wouldn't even pay somebody else's money to see it, that's for sure. I couldn't care less about the man.

posted by chewatadistance 21 January | 17:46

I nominate Cheney Look-Alike Cat for the role of animal familiar for The Debbil Himself.

posted by bonobo 21 January | 18:01

There's probably a lot of stories to tell about Bush family conspiracies, but i wish Oliver Stone would just stop trying to make movies.

posted by ethylene 21 January | 18:34

Would someone please wake me up when Stone starts making real movies again?

posted by Ardiril 21 January | 20:20

Wow, Josh Brolin was in The Goonies.

posted by spork 21 January | 20:59

Can I just say that I die a little inside when I think of a stone cold hottie playing that war criminal currently occupying the Oval Office?

Also, I'm not sure Brolin is capable of smirking down on humanity the way Dear Leader does. At least, I hope he can't.

posted by BoringPostcards 21 January | 22:12

Same plot as JFK?

posted by chillmost 22 January | 05:16

Mr. Brolin's dad played a George Bush caricature on The West Wing.

posted by kirkaracha 22 January | 18:06

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