Who should play the main characters in the movie (or more likely the HBO series) about this shitshow, once it is produced? My guess is someone—probably several someones—has already got a season 1 draft written. Who else should be in the cast?
The only rule is it has to be someone who is alive, and could play the role now. (No picking “Jackie Gleason in his prime” for Bannon or “Jack Nicholson circa 1975” for Michael Cohen, although those would be great).
My pick for the main character is John Travolta. Jon Voigt would also be perfect, but I doubt he would be willing, considering his own well-known political biases.
Some other suggestions, in no particular order:
- Susan Sarandon as KellyAnne Conway
- Reese Witherspoon as Ivanka
- Eddie Redmayne as Jared Kushner
- Michael Imperioli as Michael Cohen
- Jason Bateman as Reince Priebus
- Ed Harris as John Kelly
- Liz Winstead as Hilary Clinton
- Scarlet Johansson as Melania Trump
- Patton Oswalt as Steve Bannon
- Jeremy Strong (from HBO’s “Succession”) as Donald Junior, although that’s maybe a bit on the nose.
- Dennis Hopper as Rudy Giulliani
- Johnny Depp as Mike Pence
Have at it in the comments!