When they make a movie about the Bush years, who do you think should play King George?

[Cyrano]

Boris Karloff and Bela Lagosi are dead. Jack Nicholson does great maniacs, but he's now too old for the part.

So who could do it? About the only one I can think of is Gary Oldman. If you don't know who he is, he played the terrorist in "Air Force One," the doped up DEA agent in "The Professional," the faceless, soulless man in "Hannibal," and Lee Harvey Oswald in "JFK." He does great accents and great villains.

So if you were the casting director, who would you choose?

[azmouse]

1. Does Bonzo have any descendents?

:evilgrin:

[BikeWriter]

2. The village idiot.

[LSK]

3. who usually plays the idiot???

:shrug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

23. John Cleese

"Well, I feel very keenly that the idiot is a part of the old village system, and as such has a vital role to play in a modern rural society, because you see... ooh ar ooh ar before the crops go gey are in the medley crun and the birds slides nightly on the oor ar ooh ar thankee, Vicar.

[RedStateShame]

4. The same CGI and actor behind Gollum.

[terrya]

5. He may not want to do it anymore, but...

Timothy Bottoms played him in "That's My Bush!" on Comedy Central.

[Phillycat]

6. Will Ferrell.

He plays a perfect moron.

[hippywife]

37. That was gonna be

my vote, too! :hi:

[Chowlie]

41. I vote for him as well.

Everyone else who tries to do Duh-bya on SNL ranges from suck to blah. Though Darrell Hammond pretty much nails every other politician impression.

[bearfan454]

7. My dog

He's really dumb.

[jmowreader]

8. Bush is going to have to walk through the role himself

No one else in the world can be that dumb.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

9. Tim Allen?

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. Tim Allen, Jim Carrey, Jim Neighbors (as Gomer), Don Knotts, Adam Sandler, Terry Jones Michael Palin

Eric Idle, John Cleese, David Schwimmer

Any of them could pull off the peformance of a dundering asshole useless criminal jackoff.

[WI_DEM]

11. Don Knotts is dead.

[Rabrrrrrr]

16. Yes, a couple of them are, sadly.

Still, even a dead person has more relevance and brain matter than shitface mcCokespoon.

[edbermac]

12. Pee Wee Herman

[Cyrano]

13. At least I know who can play Cheney. Richard Dreyfus played a Republican

senator in "The American President" with Michael Douglas and Annette Benning. He even looked like Cheney and was as devious, disgusting and evil as "Shotgun Dick."

There has to be someone around who could nail down Bush's character that perfectly.

[myrna minx]

14. The first person that I thought of was Gary Oldman, too.

:rofl: He is a master of accents, so I bet he could nail Bush's "speecha-fying."

[Cyrano]

18. Yep. A top rate actor that, unfortunately, too many people don't know who he is.

[myrna minx]

21. Have you seen Track 29 or Prick Up Your Ears?

His performances in those films are just amazing. :hi: I must admit that I first noticed him when he was in Sid and Nancy, (I was a little goth girl when that film came out) but then I devoured everything else that I could find him in after his wonderful performance in that film.

On edit: I bet he's a rock star for the under 16 crowd, now that he plays the Sirius Black character in the Harry Potter films.

[Cyrano]

27. Haven't seen these films, but I'll certainly look for them now.

[caty]

15. Timothy Bottoms

He played bush for a short time in "That's My Bush" and did a good job.

http://www.nndb.com/people/140/000025065/

[Rabrrrrrr]

17. Oh, wait - we've all missed it!! The answer is: Tim Conway!

[China_cat]

19. He'd have to be CGI

I don't think any live actor (unless they were planning on committing career suicide) would take the job.

[Cyrano]

28. Not true. Any actor who can convincingly play a demented sociopath

like Bush would probably end up with an Academy Award. Think Anthony Hopkins in "Silence of the Lambs."

[China_cat]

29. Hannibal Lector was intelligent, intelligible,

logical and focused. The psycopathic cannibalism was just a quirk. :hide:

I think playing a DUMB, unintelligible, illogical, scattered, demented sociopath would be too hard for anyone.

[MnFats]

34. Anthony Hopkins did very well as "Nixon,"

why not Bush. he'd get the sneer/smirk right down, I'll bet.

[Rabrrrrrr]

30. Jar Jar Binks!! "Mesa wanna stay da course! Mesa the decider! Mesa thinkin'

it's be hard workin' bein' da presidentialary!"

[trof]

20. Adam Sandler

[Fuzz]

22. Too bad the "Hey Vern" guy is dead.

[Kickin_Donkey]

24. William Macy ("Fargo") ...

or Anthony Heald (a.k.a. Scott Gulber, assistant principal on "Boston Public")

[Burma Jones]

25. Andy Serkis

[caty]

26. Ooo Ooo

this guy----

[Pacifist Patriot]

31. Any actor with a blank expression who can mangle the English...

languag would do.

[MichiganVote]

32. A cockroach

[GoddessOfGuinness]

33. Mr Hanky

[MnFats]

35. Gary Oldman was incredible in "Bram Stoker's Dracula," and for a very short time

...the most evil drug dealer in "True Romance" -- a character invented by quentin terantino but dead before the film is a half-hour old....

[u4ic]

36. A marionette

should be true to life, shouldn't it? :shrug:

[CactusJock]

38. i got sent this cartoon link over holidays...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l9M6RGrSfY

that laugh is uncanny!

[IntravenousDemilo]

39. Mr Hanky, the Christmas Poo. Or maybe Cheetah (he's still alive). n/m

[ForrestGump]

40. Pauly Shore

He was born for it.