Which actors should play presidential candidates in eventual movie?

[yurbud]

Obama

Terrence Howard


Hillary

Rebecca DeMornay

Edwards is tougher




Got any better ideas?

[SeattleGirl]

1. On the repuke side, Fred Thompson can play himself.

:P

[yurbud]

3. How about this guy from THE PRINCESS BRIDE for McCain? PIC

[SeattleGirl]

10. Oh yeah!

Perfect! :rofl:

[Bake]

2. Meryl Streep as Hillary.

Nicholas Cage as Mittster.

Will Smith as Obama.

Abe Vigoda as Ghouliani.

Bake (as himself)

[yurbud]

4. Bake? I think Vigoda looks a little too lifelike to be the Ghoul

[Bake]

6. Hell, I thought Abe V. was dead until just the other day!

And I saw him get it in Godfather I.

But I see your point. How about Homer Simpson as Ghoul?

And that dude from Lord of the Rings as Kucinich.

Jimmy Smits as Bill Richardson (I know, he's too tall).

Bake

[yurbud]

8. oh...YOU'RE Bake. I thought you were using a nickname for a candidate.

[yurbud]

9. George Lopez as Richardson PIC

[Bake]

12. Even better!

Bake (that's me)

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. Wilford Brimley as Obama; Dom Deloise as Hillary; Judi Dench as Romney

Alan Rickman as Kucinich; Emma Watson as Fred Thompson; Natalie Portman as Edwards; Phyllis Diller as Ron Paul.


I mean, seriously - why not? Why this obsession with getting actors who look like the real person they're portraying? They don't do that shit on stage.

For fuck's sake, people, use some goddamn imagination.




Oh, and Bob Newhart as Chuck Norris.

[DarkTirade]

14. ... best... cast... EVER!!!!!!!!

*edit* That might also explain my strange attraction to Edwards... :P

[Rabrrrrrr]

16. It's certainly the kind of cast we've never seen assembled before.

And whenever "Edwards" is to be on screen, it should just be four hours of "him" and Kirsten Dunst (playing Bloomberg, maybe? Or perhaps just herself having a nice affair with Edwards) showering.

I don't mind if the movie goes to 600 hours at all.

[DarkTirade]

19. I'd mind...

can we say 'chafing'. :P

[Rabrrrrrr]

21. That's what the PAUSE button is for. Duh.

:eyes:

Give yourself some time to heal up.

[DarkTirade]

22. Yes, but that would require self-control.

And I don't think I could muster enough.

[Telly Savalas]

25. We worship an awesome god in the blue states

and in the red states we eat our Quaker Oats

[Hardrada]

53. Drew Barrymore as Giuliani

Eminem as Hillary

[DarkTirade]

54. I don't know if I could see Drew pulling that off...

but Eminem? I totally see it.

[Parche]

7. Fred Thompson as Fred Thompson

Danny Devito as Kucinich

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

11. How about Mos Def for Obama?

I may be biased because that's my favorite young actor.

[BarenakedLady]

38. I LOVE him!

:loveya:

[yurbud]

40. he's a mumbler and his voice is high pitched

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. Oh god, NOT Cruiser!

:puke:

Jeff Daniels!

[Rabrrrrrr]

17. I thought you meant

[GoddessOfGuinness]

28. That was Cruiser, not Luiser

[SOteric]

15. Hrmmm...

Kathy Baker as Hillary




David James Elliott as Edwards




And Scott Lawrence as Obama

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493013/&h=90&w=71&sz=3&hl=en&start=6&tbnid=7vyWSzvtqPHqqM:&tbnh=78&tbnw=62&prev=/images%3Fq%3DScott%2BLawrence%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG

[Poiuyt]

18. Bruce Greenwood for Edwards

Meryl Streep for Hillary



Max Schreck for Rudy

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

20. Nosferatu!

[yurbud]

41. That always makes me think of the Kenny Rogers song: 'Nosferatu, why don't you come to your senses'

[BlueIris]

23. I think Don Cheadle would make a very convincing Obama.

As for Clinton—Dame Judi Dench. Edwards is tough. He does remind me of someone famous, though...someone really famous...reminds me of him every time I see him...

[BlueIris]

24. John Ritter! That's who Edwards reminds me of. Too bad he's...not really available.

:cry:

[mitchum]

31. Or a slimmer Robert Urich...

but then again there's the same problem that one encounters wih casting Ritter

[Bake]

37. What??? Robert Urich is dead?

I had no idea!

Bake

[mitchum]

47. Unfortunately, that is true

he was a very underrated actor

[Connonym]

52. He had a very short intense bout of cancer

and died relatively quickly of it. Gosh it must be 10 years now, BRB, going to IMDB... 6 years. He died in 2002. I always loved him as an actor.

ETA: upon further research it wasn't a very short bout of cancer. It was rather protracted and caused him to lose a TV contract for the somewhat ironically named Lazarus Man TV series.

[yurbud]

51. edwards looks like a local newscaster in portland oregon

[Drum]

26. Tough to read this thread and not think of

"Primary Colors"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119942/

I'm enjoying all of your posts! :D

[yurbud]

48. that was a great movie. Clinton's shenanigans looks like someone running for Amish schoolboard

compared to Bushies.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

27. Obama - Will Smith, Hillary - Meryl Streep, Edwards - Bill Paxton.

Biden - Dennis Quaid
Richardson - Steve Schirippa (Bobby Bacala from The Sopranos)
Giuliani - Gene Hackman
Romney - Michael Douglas
McCain - Tim Conway
Huckabee - Kevin Spacey

[yurbud]

42. Bill Paxton! that's great, not for looks, but blue collar vibe

[Mojambo]

29. I was kinda thinking Edward Norton for John Edwards.

[yurbud]

50. not cherubic enough, but definitely has the acting chops

[Kutjara]

30. The entire Republican lineup could be played...

...by the effluvia from a diseased bison's ass. A bit of money would have to be spent on sculpting the ordure into roughly humanoid shape, but the essential nature of the candidates would be captured perfectly.

[yurbud]

44. or cast of DELIVERANCE

[LibDemAlways]

32. On the repuke side, there is only one actor who

could play Huckabee:



His lookalike Kevin Spacey

[DarkTirade]

33. Hmm.. Spacey's good at being scary when he has to be too.

He doesn't do it often... but when he does... whew. Gives you chills.

[LeftyMom]

34. You'd need to fatten him up quite a bit.

Even to play the slimmer version of Huck, and he's fleshing out again on road food.

[NNadir]

35. Lester Burnham...Huckabee...Lester Burnam...Huckabee...

I think you're on to something.

[MonkeyFunk]

36. Phyllis Diller's ass

should play Thompson.

[NoBorders]

39. Kevin Spacey = Huckleberry

[yurbud]

43. Jim Nabors was born to play Enis Huckabee: PIC

[NoBorders]

45. Can't see the pic, but yeah

that would work real well.

[formerrepuke]

46. On the Right: Bruce Cambell as Romney; Don Rickles as McCain; Wayne Knight as Huck.

[yurbud]

49. first two are dead on. We'd have to put Uncle Fester make up on Rickles

to make him look albino like McCain