An HBO movie about the recent Presidential race, with actors portraying Barack Obama, John McCain, Sarah Palin, and Hillary and Bill Clinton? Variety is reporting just such a project, based on a book that doesn’t exist yet, but it does have a title: Game Change: Obama And The Clintons, McCain And Palin, And The Race Of A Lifetime. The book is being written by Time Magazine editor-at-large Mark Halperin and New York Magazine political correspondent John Heilemann.
Given HBO’s Emmy-winning success with political movies such as Recount and John Adams, this makes sense from a show-biz point of view, and Charles Leavitt, who’ll adapt the book, is quoted as saying, “It’s funny to call Obama and Hillary characters, but that’s how I have to look at them.”
Now, so do we. So what famous actors would you cast as Obama (don’t take the easy way out and say Fred Armisen), McCain, the Clintons, and Palin. (Personally, I’ve always thought Megan Mullally would do a righteous Sarah Palin.)
Who would you cast?
denzel washington = obama
meryl streep = hilary
tina fey = palin
richard dreyfuss = mccain
john travolta = bill
obama – will smith
mccain – jack nicholson
palin – megan mullally
h. clinton – julianne moore
b. clinton – martin sheen
That’s going to be a liberal portrait of the coronation of the new trojan horse a.k.a Teleprompter Hussein Obama.
Obama = Don Cheatle
Hilary = Annette Benning
McCain = James Caan
Palin = Joanna Cassidy
Bill = Martin Sheen
Tina Fey for Palin all the way!!!
Harry Lennix should play Obama, but he’d have to lose some weight.
HBO needs to get back to making great shows instead of trying stuff like this.
Harry Lennix as Obama, no doubt
When Tim Conway appeared on 30 Rock last year, I was blown away at how much he now looks like John McCain. I have no doubt he could play it straight.
Palin should just play herself, no one is as good at being a completely clueless moose in headlights dumb@ss like her. I can see Russia from my house, don’t ya know! Wink Wink
Palin- Mary Louise Parker
Obama- either an unknown actor or Jamie Foxx
Clinton-Patricia Heaton
Bill Clinton-Darrell Hammond
Michelle Obama – Aisha Taylor
John McCain -Clint Eastwood
Mary McDonnell – Hillary
Palin-Diane Lane
Hillary-Meryl Streep
Obama-Will Smith
McCain-Richard Dreyfuss
Michelle Obama-Thandie Newton
Todd Palin-Matt Dilon
Bill-Richard Gere
Cindy McCain-Jessica Lange
Obama = Robert Downey Jr.
mccain – Nick Nolte
palin – tina fey
h. clinton – Kathy Bates
b. clinton – Ben Stiller
Tina Fey as Palin only.
Will Smith, Cheadle, Foxx, or Lennix as Obama.
Joe Biden- Craig T. Nelson
McCain- Dreyfuss or Jon Voight
NO opinion on Clintons