Grover Norquist takes role (as a wino) in next ‘Atlas Shrugged’ movie [View all]

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By The Reliable Source

Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, in his cameo role as a wino in “Atlas Shrugged: Part 2.” He’s got his own caption idea — what’s yours? (Justin M. Lesniewski )


Grover, we’re worried. This photo we’ve obtained of you — bleary, boozy, disheveled. It doesn’t look good. Want to tell us what’s going on here?

“Acting!” declared Grover Norquist, doing his best Jon Lovitz-as-master-thespian imitation.

Indeed: The conservative anti-tax activist was acting! — in, of all things, the next chapter of the big-screen adaptation of Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged.”

Norquist, 55, told us he was headed out to L.A. last week for a talk show appearance when the movie’s producers suggested he stop by the set to take a cameo role. Technically, he says, he was just an extra — “meaning you don’t talk, therefore you’re not part of the Screen Actors Guild, therefore they don’t have union problems” with the off-the-books casting.

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(It's not acting if you are playing yourself!)