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| Richard Dreyfuss to play Cheney |
| 2008-05-22 |
| Richard Dreyfuss? He was very good in Jaws, sir. Do we have a file on him? Of course, Mr. Vice President. Get it for me. Right away, sir. CANNES -- Josh Brolin has a vice president. Richard Dreyfuss could soon make the trip to Oliver Stone's White House, entering final negotiations to play Dick Cheney in the provcateur director's upcoming "W." The role is the last major position in the Bush administration to be filled; the West Wing is already occupied by the likes of Brolin (President Bush) Thandie Newton (Condoleezza Rice) and Elizabeth Banks (Laura Bush). He should do it as a musical. 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," Sucked. as Alexander Haig in a television movie about Ronald Reagan Sucked. and played the president of a banana republic in the 1980s comedy "Moon Over Parador." I thought that was about The QED-produced "W," which has been granted a waiver by SAG, begins shooting this month in Shreveport, La. QED has been selling territorial rights at Cannes' Marche du Film, with the idea that the movie will be released in October, before Americans elect a new president. A DVD release will follow in January timed to Bush leaving office. The suspense! How can I stand it!! |
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