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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWho will play Donald Trump in the film?
I would say James Spader. If you have ever seen Spader play an arrogant dick in a film, I think you would agree. Plus, the resemblance is uncanning. You can't tell from this photo, but Spader does the same thing with his lips that Trump does.
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)Harvey Weinstein.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Have you ever seen him in Pretty in Pink? He was this spoiled, rich, abusive brat - I almost think he modeled himself on Trump.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)flotsam
(3,268 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Steve Buscemi? Javier Bardem with an even worse haircut than he had in "No Country for Old Men"? I'll bet Ron Perlman could come up with some suitably grotesque make up job.
red dog 1
(27,820 posts)he may not be that bad a choice to play the POS now squatting in the Oval Office
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)The Principal from Back to the Future will play Putin.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,747 posts)FakeNoose
(32,646 posts)He looked like that in the 1980's, certainly not now.
My guess is the movie maker would want a guy who looks like that now, to play Trump in his mid 30's to early 40's. How about Alexander Skarsgard, who's 6'4" and about 40 years old. He starred in The Legend of Tarzan, and the True Blood series. He's Swedish but he's been making American movies and TV series for at least 10 years, maybe longer.
FakeNoose
(32,646 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Well, so much for that role.
FakeNoose
(32,646 posts)... he could play Trump as an old man.
But the real story (if they ever make a movie of his life) is what happened in his 30's and and they'd want a younger guy for that role. Usually the director starts out with a younger actor, and then use makeup and prosthetics to make him look older.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,204 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He doesn't look like an older version of himself, he looks like a completely DIFFERENT person.
Leith
(7,809 posts)All serious, I swear.
Bruce Willis
Bryan Cranston
Ron Jeremy
GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)doc03
(35,349 posts)GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)very jealous of Ron Jeremy's....hands.
red dog 1
(27,820 posts)More than a dozen women have come forward with sexual assault allegations against Ron Jeremy
(much like Trump in that respect)
As far as Bryan Cranston, he tells people who want Trump to fail: "Fuck You!"
Leith
(7,809 posts)to play him in the movie.
RobinA
(9,894 posts)is a good actor and he does insincere like nobody's business, but I don't see him doing dumb.
GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)I would hate to see him play Trump.
elleng
(130,976 posts)red dog 1
(27,820 posts)(A perv playing another perv)
Actually, James Spader would be a good choice, imo.
red dog 1
(27,820 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)red dog 1
(27,820 posts)as well as an older Drumpf (with "pillows" to make him look fat)
jmowreader
(50,560 posts)He's a big guy who excels at playing psychopaths and assholes.
Imagine Trump with that rifle.
red dog 1
(27,820 posts)For example, his role as Pvt."Pyle" in Full Metal Jacket is totally different from the character he played in "Men in Black".
I think he would be great playing Drumpf.
Still Blue in PDX
(1,999 posts)about him as drumpf.
He's an excellent actor, though, and as previously stated, he does batshit crazy really, really well.
tblue37
(65,409 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)red dog 1
(27,820 posts)(But he looks good for his age)
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)red dog 1
(27,820 posts)and I doubt if he can act, either.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Total loser.
red dog 1
(27,820 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,552 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,292 posts)Corvo Bianco
(1,148 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,350 posts)Glorfindel
(9,730 posts)to pull it off:
doc03
(35,349 posts)That may be better for Limbaugh.