Thandie Newton set for Condi Rice role in Oliver Stone's 'W'
Actress Thandie Newton ("Run, Fat Boy, Run") is signing off on paperwork to play Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice in Oliver Stone's new film, "W," billed as a chronicle of the life and times of President George W. Bush.
I can definitely see the resemblance. Just hope Stone has budgeted for dental prosthetics to make Thandie's movie-star-perfect teeth resemble Condi's more -- how can I put this? -- normal-person choppers.
Josh Brolin will play George W., James Cromwell will make a great George Bush Sr., Elizabeth Banks can certainly pull off First Lady Laura Bush and Ellen Burstyn is a perfect Barbara Bush.
But who should play Vice President Dick Cheney? I'm putting my money on Sir Anthony Hopkins.
Hey, he's already played ultimate villain Hannibal Lector ("Silence of the Lambs"), and he was a devious and delusional Richard Nixon in Stone's film "Nixon."
I'd say Hopkins has the acting chops to pull off a sufficiently menacing Cheney, wouldn't you?
Photos: WireImage
I think Harvey Keitel could also make a pretty good Cheney. I'd cast Randy Quaid as Karl Rove (or maybe Philip Seymour Hoffman).
Posted by: Sage Vanden Heuvel | April 06, 2008 at 12:48 PM
CHENEY SHOULD BE PLAYED BY GENE HACKMAN.
Posted by: JER HENNEN | April 06, 2008 at 09:57 PM
They should pick that guy from that crappy show Cold Case. That guy looks exactly like W.
Posted by: NoBackstreetboys | April 07, 2008 at 02:21 AM
who green lit this? Everyone knows it will bomb. Far left director making a movie on the far left's most hated villain?
Posted by: camel jockey | April 07, 2008 at 06:40 AM
Gene Hackman. He's already played almost-Cheney. (Photos over at my lame-ass blog - http://calebwalker.typepad.com/blog/2004/09/additional_evid.html)
Posted by: ken . | April 09, 2008 at 09:29 PM
in the right makeup, dana carvey is a spitting image. seriously.
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/16/vlcsnap7130006yo3.jpg
Posted by: josh gura | May 14, 2008 at 01:17 PM