In the midst of recruiting an all-star ensemble for his long-gestating passion project "The Butler," director Lee Daniels has tapped Jane Fonda to play Nancy Reagan.
Based on a Washington Post report by Wil Haygood, pic follows Eugene Allen, the White House butler whose career started with Harry Truman in 1952 and ended in 1986 with Ronald Reagan.
Forest Whitaker is closing a deal to play Allen, while Oprah Winfrey remains in talks to play his wife. David Oyelowo is in negotiations to play Allen's son, while Liam Neeson and John Cusack are circling presidential supporting roles as Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon, respectively. Fonda will appear in a handful of scenes as the first lady of the United States.
Hanoi Jane? Hanoi Jane! You’ve got to be kidding me! The cast of Game Change was a freaking joke. Look at the Obamabots in this production. Don’t these people have iconic, progressive women they can portray? I’m sure there has to be an audience for a Margaret Sanger, Emma Goldman, or an Ethel Rosenberg.
Come on Hollywood show some character and portray your icons with the same zeal you do with conservatives. Practice what you preach! Money isn’t everything. Or is it?
Source: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118051917?refCatId=13
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Goldman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg
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