Who (Alive or Dead) Could Play rOVER In The Ultimate Political Thriller?

[Dinger]

Ned Beatty?
Truman Capote?
???

[skids]

1. Jason Alexander

[SammyBlue]

51. I have piles of dog shit in my backyard.

I believe the likeness is uncanny.

Jason Alexander is good, but Michael Ironsides (the perfect villian) would be better.

[Marnieworld]

2. M Emmet Walsh

He's dead. But he was great.

[Emit]

3. Philip Seymour Hoffman

The actor who plays Capote in the new movie Capote.

[TheGunslinger]

10. Good one.

[belle]

17. I was just thinking that! He was brilliant in Capote.

He's brilliant, period.

And he does *look* a lot like Rove, worse luck for him. That'd be one hell of a role, though...

[Little Star]

34. Hoffman has my vote n/t

[MADem]

48. My FIRST THOUGHT!

He is a bit young, but he could do it.

Another is Mike Chicklas...he is rather beefy/fit now, but he could do it...very talented guy.

[CoffeeCat]

50. My first thought, too!!!! (nt)

[Caoimhe]

4. Pruitt Taylor Vince

[henslee]

5. Beau Bridges.

[Dinger]

6. How Old Is That Ugly Fucker Anyway? (nt)

[leftchick]

7. Capote's Philip Seymour Hoffman...

perfect!

[Journeyman]

8. Peter Lorre. . .

he'd have to pack on a few pounds, and I'm sure his voice wouldn't be quite right (even though I've never heard Rove), it'd definitely fit Rove's sleaziness.

[postulater]

15. My first thought also!

[spindrifter]

9. Benjy

[Dinger]

24. Hey, Benji Was Cute! (nt)

[Goldeneye]

11. The guy who played francis in pee wee's big adventure....

guy in the middle of the top row.

[lutefisk]

12. Kurt Fuller. He did a good job in That's My Bush

Remember the episode where George takes his old frat buddies to an execution and Karl sucks the last breath out of the executed man's mouth?

The show was cancelled after September 11, 2001 out of fear and respect.

http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/thatsmybush/episode_main.jhtml

edit: If you aren't familiar with the show, take a look at the expanded episode descriptions. Just follow the link I included above. It was my favorite television show while it lasted.

[Dinger]

25. Yup, He'd Be Good

I taped several of those shows, just for documentation. They did make * look
stupid, and I LIIKED that.

[zalinda]

31. The only problem with the show

was that Bush came off too likeable.

zalinda

[Dave Sund]

53. Well...

Problem with him is that he was way too skinny.

[lutefisk]

54. He could bulk up like Deniro did for Raging Bull, right? n/t

n/t

[Duer 157099]

13. Pillsbury Dough Boy n/t

[0007]

14. Alfred Hitchcock

[madmom]

22. I second this one...n/t

[egadsbrain]

16. Richard Widmark

He's gone, but if you've ever seen it you'll never forget the scene from "Kiss of Death (1947)" where he's laughing hysterically while pushing an old-lady in a wheelchair down the stairs!

You know what I do to squealers? I let 'em have it in the belly, so they can roll around for a long time thinkin' it over. You're worse than him, tellin' me he's comin' back? Ya lyin' old hag!

[babydollhead]

18. Mimi from the drew carrey show

[Crunchy Frog]

19. How about this guy?

[skids]

23. Hrm, or this one?

...though really I think they should cast him in a James Bond flick as Agent Q for laughs.

[loudsue]

20. John Ritter.

He'd make a scary, mean sumbitch Rover.

Second place vote: Billy Bob Thornton.

:kick::kick::kick:

[babydollhead]

21. elmer fudd

[Benhurst]

26. Tody Fields NT

[PurityOfEssence]

41. Now THAT'S funny

good one.

[corkhead]

27. How about Mr. Creosote from Monty Python's Meaning of Life

[JitterbugPerfume]

28. Charles Laughton (?sp)

he was a master at playing bat shit crazy roles

[ClassWarrior]

29. Do they still have Jabba the Hutt laying around a warehouse somewhere?

NGU.

[Crunchy Frog]

32. There is a faint resemblence there, now that I think of it.

[MissWaverly]

30. Too bad Alfred Hitchcock has passed on, he'd be perfect

[Midnight Rambler]

33. Wayne Knight

aka Newman

[MrsMatt]

35. how about Wayne Brady? n/t

[Poiuyt]

36. I always thought he looked like Peter Billingsley from A Christmas Story

[Duer 157099]

37. lol, me too

unfortunately, that's one of my favorite movies, forever tainted now

[Duer 157099]

38. Porky from the original Little Rascals n/t

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

39. Richard Dreyfuss...actually, he might be a better Cheney...?

What do y'all think?

40. john heard n/t

[terrya]

42. Sydney Greenstreet

Or maybe not. I don't have the slightest fucking idea.

[Tom Rinaldo]

43. Rod Steiger

An at least one time great actor. For some reason I flashed on him in the title role in "The Pawnbroker" when I read your question. He also played Mussolini in 1974. That's good practice for the role.

[PurityOfEssence]

44. Rush Limbaugh

Maggots will be maggots.

[Jackpine Radical]

45. Chris Farley.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

46. Ronald Lacey

[AirAmFan]

47. Anthony Hopkins, without his Hannibal Lechter mask, but otherwise in character

[fortyfeetunder]

49. John Belushi

Rove looks like a "food fight" kind of guy....

[demobabe]

52. Think Mike Meyers - Karl Rove IS Fat Bastard n/t

:rofl: