Come this Fall, the current administration will be movin' out of the spotlight just as Oliver Stone's movie about it is heading to theaters. As reported earlier this month, W. will be released October 17, 2008 so it's no wonder the casting news continues to break at a rapid pace. They've got George and Laura, and even found their British Prime minister and National Security Advisor-turned-Secretary of State but one of the most buzzed-about casting slots left to fill was that of Vice President Cheney. Now there's news that Richard Dreyfuss will likely fill those shoes.
The Hollywood Reporter notes similar public service roles Dreyfuss has taken on in his career thus far:
The 60-year-old Dreyfuss has never played a U.S. leader, but has had a few related roles. He starred as an opposition senator to Michael Douglas' commander in chief in 1995's The American President, as Alexander Haig in a television movie about Ronald Reagan and played the president of a banana republic in the 1980s comedy Moon Over Parador.
Usually Dreyfuss' name makes me think of Mr. Holland's Opus and What About Bob. Still, I think the acting veteran will have no problem pulling off this, ah, controversial White House guy. Rob Corddry is also signed on to play the president's former Press Secretary Ari Fleischer and Toby Jones will step in as Karl Rove. I believe that just leaves Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld open. Got ideas?
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I think Richard Dreyfuss will be great.
1I could see Jeff Bridges of Rumsfeld. He plays a very "Rumsfeldian" character in Iron Man after all
2My boyfriend met him last year when he delivered a TV to his house. He was totally drunk and making sex jokes haha
3Richard Dreyfuss would be perfect!
4Rob Corrdry? As in the Daily Show Rob Corrdry?
5soulight — Yes! That casting decision honestly made me wonder if the whole Oliver Stone/Bush movie was perhaps a big joke...? But, no. It really seems to be happening and I'm really curious now to see how Corddry (who can pretty much do no wrong in my mind, though I've only ever seen him do comedy) will fit in.
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