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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWho will play Mueller in the movie? Who could possibly be a believable Trump?
There will be a movie about Russiagate at some point in the not too distant future. Who would be good to play Mueller?
My vote goes to (drum roll)...George Clooney. I think he'd be great in it.
An actor to play Trump stumps me. Tall, overweight, old, the hair, loudmouth, vulgar, molesting women, a liar, a braggard, mental issues. Jeff Bridges, maybe...but he's too likable, I think.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)rush for fuckhole
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I think Sam Waterston would be the next best choice. In fact, I think he would be perfect.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Clooney has more star power.
Depends on who the stars are, besides Trump.
Sessions will be a big role. The Trump family. Comey.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)Certainly NOT Tom Hanks for that role...
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)I don't want to see Hanks behaving that way.
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)My theory is that the movie was written just for this actor's clean-cut image coming through the character. Otherwise, they would have had to make the movie at least an hour longer to show the viewer that the character was really a nice guy who killed people for a living...
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)I remember Jude Law's character. I'm vague on the movie...he's a hit man?
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)followed orders to hit people. Jude Law was a scummy hit man sent after Hanks and the blond, blue-eyed James Bond actor played the scummy son of Tom Hanks' character's father figure (played by Paul Newman)...
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)I just remember bits and pieces. And that I really liked it. Hanks is one of the best actors around, so he could do anything. I don't know if I want to see him being Trump, though! Arrrrgggghhh.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)All he'd have to do is dial it back a little, but he's got the voice and the mannerisms down.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)He owns it as a comedic role...it'd be hard not to laugh, when he's in the movie, don't you think?
LAS14
(13,749 posts)... ever seeing him in any mode but bufoonery.
bdamomma
(63,658 posts)he would be good.
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Different Drummer
(7,532 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)He could pull off the mannerisms and such, and has played despicable characters before. But I don't know if they could get him to look like Trump....all fat and dough-boy-like.
CrispyQ
(36,231 posts)Gary Oldman is hardly recognizable as Churchill!
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)I can see DeNiro practicing already making Trump's hand gestures in my mind!
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)he doesn't really have anything similar in appearance...he's short and dark, whereas Trump is tall and Scottish looking. He's one of the best actors there is, but I don't know.
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)Also, the get around height issues of actors in movies ALL the time.
If DeNiro ever got the Trump role - HE WOULD KILL IT!
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)But if you notice, he usually doesn't play against a totally different physical type...except weight.
But yeah...he would kill it, for sure. He can do anything. I've seen him in a couple of movies where he plays ordinary men...one is as a father of some grownup kids. He even plays ordinary very well! He reminded me of my dad!
Dem_4_Life
(1,765 posts)He would be perfect for this role and there are a lot of ways to get around the height. Besides most actors are shorter in real life compared to how they appear on film. Plus he already has the perfect experience with previous mobster roles and also from when he played Bernie Madoff. DeNiro would be a perfect Trump.
unblock
(51,974 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Spader in scenes with Clooney as Mueller. Pretty exciting.
Chiyo-chichi
(3,563 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Is he famous enough? I guess they could make him look old. I know he's in that new movie, but I haven't seen it.
Chiyo-chichi
(3,563 posts)hlthe2b
(101,730 posts)unblock
(51,974 posts)Obviously not as a serious role. I just think it would be awesome to hear Donnies words in gottfrieds voice and delivery
meadowlander
(4,358 posts)Yet another reason to mourn his passing.
bdamomma
(63,658 posts)good actor.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)kskiska
(27,041 posts)has passed away. He'd be good as Mueller.
bdamomma
(63,658 posts)you mean.
True_Blue
(3,063 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)If they could get to look Scottish. Wonderful actor who can play despicable.
SeattleVet
(5,468 posts)Make it a part of his community service portion of whatever sentence he receives, and give him a work-release pass to be able to film the scenes.
He should have plenty of free time alone to study his lines.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)dhol82
(9,351 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,369 posts)Joe Isuzu - You have my word on it
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doc03
(35,148 posts)Costanza character?
keithbvadu2
(36,369 posts)MLAA
(17,165 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Yes, he COULD play Trump, now that I think of it. Too young, but I guess they can make him look old and worn out and fat.
MLAA
(17,165 posts)Johnny2X2X
(18,745 posts)All Busey needs is to gain about 80 lbs and buy a can of orange spray paint.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)How about Gary as Ivana's lover, because that is the only explanation I can think of for that kid.
doc03
(35,148 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)MLAA
(17,165 posts)UTUSN
(70,497 posts)dlk
(11,438 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,369 posts)Stormy could credibly play Ivanka because Donald compared the two favorably.
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)Turbineguy
(37,212 posts)It would have to be Gregory Peck, James Stewart or Gary Cooper.
Trump would have to be Trump.
Actors have played Hitler, Ivan the Terrible, but who would want to play Trump?
MFM008
(19,776 posts)Would be perfect.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)SharonAnn
(13,767 posts)Orange Free State
(611 posts)as Bannon. No one would be believable as Trump. In fact the Trump we have now is not believable, so Robotrump from Disney should be cast. Michael Douglas doing his Liberace impression as Lindsey Graham. A mannequin of Malaria as Malaria. Stately Wayne Manor as Mar-a-Lago. Damien from The Omen as Barron. Jason Alexander as Putin. Stormy Daniels as herself.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)nadine_mn
(3,702 posts)That guy on Comedy Central or Baldwin for Trump
genxlib
(5,507 posts)Luke Wilson looks just like a young Mueller because of the jaw line. Too young and maybe not a serious enough actor but resemblance is there
Link to tweet
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)He's too young to play him in a movie, though. But he was my first thought. And I don't think a heavyweight enough actor, if Mueller plays a key character in the movie, which I think he would.
But wow...they must be related somehow. It's uncanny!
LuckyCharms
(17,287 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Redford isn't believable as a bad guy. But he's got the same coloring and is in the right age range.
LuckyCharms
(17,287 posts)MrsMatt
(1,660 posts)he does a great Trump impression.
BumRushDaShow
(127,312 posts)OnDoutside
(19,908 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Mueller is American and is dark with dark eyes. But they are both tall.
BumRushDaShow
(127,312 posts)with an "American" accent (doing his best George Peppard ) -
100% of actors wear makeup (and many wear contacts) to play their parts.
This guy (John Boyega) is British too but you wouldn't know it -
Brits can do better (generic) "American" accents than Americans can do British (whatever dialect) accents
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)samnsara
(17,570 posts)..with a movie about trump no black person is in it.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,369 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)get the red out
(13,459 posts)Tom Arnold for Trump.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Last edited Thu Jan 25, 2018, 07:47 PM - Edit history (1)
For all the incredible effort and production value that have gone into this film, Depps performanceboth committed and nimble when it comes to leaning into the jokesmay be the biggest highlight. Black Mass Oscar nomination or not, are we entering a new golden age of Depp? His next role, playing the Invisible Man in Universals ongoing attempt to build a franchise out of their classic monsters, doesnt provide conclusive evidence either way. But if a real Trump biopic ever gets madeand, Lord help us, that might be inevitableDepp ought to be the first one they call.
Vanity Fair
Catch it on Netflix I know it's there probably other stresmd
geardaddy
(24,924 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Mueller - the star of the Breaking Bad tv series.
Trump - Woody Harrelson with a blonde wig on.
yesphan
(1,586 posts)from the movie "any which way but loose" to play trump ?
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)yesphan
(1,586 posts)my orange friend .
delisen
(6,039 posts)I think he is a great talent and was wasted politics.
Dirty Socialist
(3,248 posts)He plays art her believable Trump on "The President Show"
pnwmom
(108,925 posts)Harrison Ford is more believable as a former Vietnam purple heart winner.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)but I suppose most people would think so. I was thinking of his olive skin, brown eyes, acting chops, and his box office draw. He's one of the most successful actors we have these days.
Harrison Ford for Mueller? Maybe. Just personally, I've never cared much for his acting. But he does have box office draw and is the right age. And he's not a bad actor. Believable as a super smart high powered attorney? Not sure about that. Has he ever played an evil character?
pnwmom
(108,925 posts)But he has played an attorney before.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Brain glitch. That happens when you get older.
Oh, yeah...he was good and believable in Presumed Innocent. Good movie.
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)With apologies to Louie.
pnwmom
(108,925 posts)James Cromwell -- and I can see their point. Photo at the link.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/arivoukydis/ok-fine-lets-cast-the-trump-investigation-movie?utm_term=.rm2xJjrA11#.goMwkYyVAA
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)BumRushDaShow
(127,312 posts)This was him 20 years ago in a great scene!
(he's just a few years older than Mueller)
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)he has an accent in it.
BumRushDaShow
(127,312 posts)that was roundly mocked too!
He just apologized for it last year - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/21/dick-van-dyke-sorry-for-cockney-accent-mary-poppins-disney
Sophiegirl
(2,338 posts)As Mueller
librechik
(30,663 posts)jmowreader
(50,453 posts)Our candidate needs to be roughly the same size, able to exude pure evil, and be able to totally rock the most fucked-up haircut in the history of mankind. Javier Bardem and a can of Home Depot Orange spray paint are your answer.
Pantagruel
(2,580 posts)BumRushDaShow
(127,312 posts)rock
(13,218 posts)For both roles!
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)StarryNite
(9,365 posts)They could just drag it out of storage and change it from green to orange.
Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)And shown waist up on the golf course.
Mr. Pesci is far too handsome really, so he'd need some real uglifying makeup.
captain queeg
(10,036 posts)I know, really out of his usual character but he is a great actor who could pull it off and for some reason I could picture him with a grotesque orange comb over.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)I don't know if I'd believe him as Trump. He would be otherwise, though. He certainly can do loud, bragging, egomania, disgusting, ....
Leith
(7,802 posts)John Goodman
Remember him from West Wing?
Edit: I tried to post a picture, but they are all copyrighted. Bummer.
I'm still working on who could play Mueller.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)but I've seen Goodman in many other things. And he can play evil, if he has to. OR good guy. He's a great actor and has a loud voice (which I think is necessary). I can see that.
bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)and William H. Macy would be a perfect Trump.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Mueller is very tall, too. Dark with dark eyes.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Lewis would only do it if it's a big production....either in Hollywood or for streaming. He wouldn't do a made-for-tv movie, probably. Or would he? But he announced recently he's retiring.
I don't think Donofrio is a big enough star for Trump. He could be one of the other many characters, tho.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)will be trying to get the plum parts.
If it's a "B" made-for-tv movie, there will still be loads of actors lining up to try and get parts. But not the movie stars of Hollywood. Unless it's HBO.
It could be a streaming movie. Netflix or Amazon or HBO.
CTyankee
(63,771 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,208 posts)no_hypocrisy
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