My husband and I always enjoy playing casting directors whenever we watch something like the Democratic debates. Last night it started when we were watching Kirsten Gillibrand. I said, “Kristen Bell has to play her in the movie,” and we were off and running.
Our criteria are pretty simple. The actor has to have a general resemblance to the person they are to play (always remembering that actors can use wigs and makeup) and should be approximately the right age. Looking over our list, I notice that we’ve picked mostly A-list celebrities, but this is a fantasy project and money is no object!
We disagreed on a couple of them, but I’m writing this post so I get final say. I’ll indicate where we had disagreement, and maybe someone can suggest someone better.
Democratic Debates: the Movie, Night One
Elizabeth Warren ….. Diane Keaton (this one was hard and Diane’s a bit too tall, but she’s the right age and can do that earnest eyes thing that Warren always does)
Julian Castro ….. Lin-Manuel Miranda (I said it was a fantasy project)
Tulsi Gabbard ….. Olivia Munn
Beto O’Rourke ….. John Krasinski
Corey Booker ….. Coby Bell
Amy Klobuchar ….. Kellie Martin (I originally cast Mary Steenburgen, but my husband hated that, suggesting Bonnie Hunt. I didn’t agree, so we thought some more and came up with Kellie Martin. This was a tough one)
Jay Inslee ….. Stephen Collins
John Delaney ….. J.K. Simmons
Tim Ryan ….. Rob Riggle (he’s got the attitude)
Bill deBlasio ….. Brad Garrett (mostly because he’s really tall and has that New York brashness.
Democratic Debates: the Movie, Night Two
Kamala Harris ….. Kerry Washington
Joe Biden ….. Michael Keaton
Kirsten Gillibrand ….. Kristen Bell
Mayor Pete ….. Tobey Maguire
Andrew Yang ….. Randall Park
Bernie Sanders ….. Larry David (who else?)
Marianne Williamson …… Gwynneth Paltrow (I mean, really, who else?)
Eric Swalwell ….. Jesse Plemons
John Hickenlooper ….. Chris Cooper
Michael Bennet ….. Sean Murray
Whew! I apologize for any spelling errors. It might not be a movie, it might have to be a miniseries. I’m pretty happy with most of these but I’m interested to hear what you think.