Nicole Kidman to play Valerie Plame in biopic.
Director Doug Liman, in charge of putting together the biopic on Valerie Plame, has confirmed that actress Nicole Kidman will be playing the outed CIA agent. “She’s perfect if you’ve ever met Valerie,” said Liman. No word yet on the actor filling the role of Vice President Cheney.
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No word yet on the actor filling the role of Vice President Cheney.
I’d suggest Wilford Brimley, but I doubt if he would agree to shave his moustache,
February 15th, 2008 at 1:57 pmHow about Joan Rivers for the Darth Cheney role?
February 15th, 2008 at 1:58 pm“She’s perfect if you’ve ever met Valerie,â€
- - I’ve never met Ms. Plame but I was thinking Charlize Theron would be perfect. Talk about a femme fatale. Yeeow.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:00 pmSo are portions of the movie going to be completely blacked out, like Plame’s book?
February 15th, 2008 at 2:00 pmNo word yet on the actor filling the role of Vice President Cheney.
Let Cheney play Cheney since he’s got experience acting as President for 7 years now.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:01 pmFor looks alone, I’d go with Darrell Hammond (Saturday Night Live).
For personality match, maybe a Don Rickles. He’s often known as “Mr. Warmth.” That sounds like Dick.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:02 pmSo are portions of the movie going to be completely blacked out, like Plame’s book?
- - That’ll be the “CIA Director’s Cut.” Minutes of black leader spliced into the film.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:02 pmNo word yet on the actor filling the role of Vice President Cheney. How about Danny DeVito?
February 15th, 2008 at 2:04 pmDevo’s Booji Boy is the perfect casting for Rove, but for Cheney, they could just use a big pile of manure and a tape-loop of him saying “Go fcuk yourself”.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:04 pmNo word yet on the actor filling the role of Vice President Cheney. How about Danny DeVito?
Not DeVito. He’s too tall, too thin and doesn’t snarl well.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:05 pmFor looks alone, I’d suggest another Aussie, Naomi Watts for the Valerie Plame role. George Clooney as Joe Wilson.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:05 pmNo word yet on the actor filling the role of Vice President Cheney. How about Danny DeVito?
Comment by kdoug — February 15, 2008 @ 2:04 pm
Burgess Meredith, the original Penguin, would be perfect…
February 15th, 2008 at 2:08 pmI heard Fred Thompson was offered the part but he refused due to exhaustion. All that campaigning, don’t ya know.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:08 pmHow about Joan Rivers for the Darth Cheney role?
Comment by tom — February 15, 2008 @ 1:58 pm
How about Lucianne Goldberg (she sounds just like Cheney)?
February 15th, 2008 at 2:08 pmNo word yet on the actor filling the role of Vice President Cheney.
Rosie O’Donnell ………I’d love to see Cheney blow his stack with that casting decision.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:10 pmActually, Darth Cheney doesn’t have to be cast for the movie at all. It would be much more effective (and accurate) to have him be portrayed only by scribblings on top-secret memos, disappearing emails and a disembodied voice on telephone calls emanating from “an undisclosed location”.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:10 pm#2 - How about Joan Rivers to play Valerie Plame? They both have had enough plastic surgery.
Comment by Liberals Are Filled With Hate — February 15, 2008 @ 2:10 pm
Umm , actually , Ms Rivers can play Laura Shrub if that’s the basis…………
February 15th, 2008 at 2:12 pm#2 - How about Joan Rivers to play Valerie Plame? They both have had enough plastic surgery.
Comment by Liberals Are Filled With Hate — February 15, 2008 @ 2:10 pm
#2 - How about Joan Rivers to play Valerie Plame? They both have had enough plastic surgery.
Comment by Liberals Are Filled With Hate — February 15, 2008 @ 2:10 pm
Umm , actually , Ms Rivers can play Laura Shrub if that’s the basis…………
Comment by MCMetal — February 15, 2008 @ 2:12 pm
Or actually ………..They can just get a mannequin
February 15th, 2008 at 2:12 pmBurgess Meredith, the original Penguin, would be perfect…
Comment by toasterhead — February 15, 2008 @ 2:08 pm
Maybe Anthony Hopkins can resurrect the role of Hannibal Lecter.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:13 pmSatan has put in for the part of Dick Cheney, they say he is a natural.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:13 pmAnthony Hopkins with the hockey mask in the conservatory with the lead pipe!
February 15th, 2008 at 2:14 pmNo word yet on the actor filling the role of Vice President Cheney.
What’s the Cryptkeeper doing these days?
February 15th, 2008 at 2:15 pmHow about lawrence Tierney for Cheney? He’s the head gangster, Joe Cabot, in Resivour Dogs. For all you Sienfeld fans he is Elaine’s dad in one episode.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:16 pmComment by Liberals Are Filled With Hate — February 15, 2008 @ 2:10 pm
let’s see, your handle is “Liberals Are Filled With Hate”
but you write,
“How about Joan Rivers to play Valerie Plame? They both have had enough plastic surgery.”
eh?
February 15th, 2008 at 2:17 pmDanny Devito as the Penguin could play cheney. Or Dr. Evil could play the Face of Evil.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:19 pmgood point joe, I guess his real name is “conservatives are filled with shit”
February 15th, 2008 at 2:19 pm#2 - How about Joan Rivers to play Valerie Plame? They both have had enough plastic surgery.
Comment by Liberals Are Filled With Hate — February 15, 2008 @ 2:10 pm
How about we raid the local drunk tanks, jail, homeless shelter and insane asylums for people to play the GOP - just think, they WON’T EVEN HAVE TO ACT, they can JUST BE THEMSELVES and everyone will RECOGNIZE THEY’RE GOP! ;)
February 15th, 2008 at 2:21 pm#2 - How about Joan Rivers to play Valerie Plame? They both have had enough plastic surgery.Comment by Liberals Are Filled With Hate
February 15th, 2008 at 2:23 pmAnd here you have in all it’s glory the doofus troll,otherwise known as neo-conus/moronus. Common traits of the species in urine soaked clothing sloped forehead.
Or actually ………..They can just get a mannequin
Comment by MCMetal — February 15, 2008 @ 2:12 pm
That’s what I was thinking. And they can save a lot of money that way.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:24 pmSorry that last sentence should read.Common traits of the species INCLUDE urine soaked clothing AND sloped forehead.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:25 pmRupaul can play Mann Coulter
steve buscemi can play Bill-O
Michael Jackson can play herr dubyah
Schwarzenegger can play Schwarzenegger
And a pile of sh*t can act as the RNC
February 15th, 2008 at 2:36 pmAnd we can get a drooling inbred moron to play the trolls.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:44 pmlet’s see, your handle is “Liberals Are Filled With Hateâ€
but you write,
“How about Joan Rivers to play Valerie Plame? They both have had enough plastic surgery.â€
eh?
Comment by joe cantwell — February 15, 2008 @ 2:17 pm
joe, you’re making a very common mistake. You’re assuming that logic and consistency mean something to wingnuts.
But consider this: would someone who valued logic and consistency reach the conclusion that, because he’s very scared, that makes torture okay?
I rest my case.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:45 pmComment by Liberals Are Filled With Hate — February 15, 2008 @ 2:38 pm
Something is filled with hate, all right, but it ain’t liberals.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:46 pmI predict an Academy Award —– for the make-up artist that can make Nicole Kidman appear homely enough to pass as Valerie Plame.
Comment by good_golly — February 15, 2008 @ 2:45 pm
And this from a piss-soaked troll who thinks Mann Coulter is hot.
But it’s the liberals who are “filled with hate”.
Right.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:47 pmGigi has the hots for mann coulter….enough said.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:47 pmLiberals Are Filled With Hate = good_golly.
LAFWH was banned and the very next minute GiGi shows up.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:50 pmValerie Plame is more attractive than Nicole Kidman in my book. Nicole acts, Valerie does.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:52 pmLiberals Are Filled With Hate…No we are AMERICANS FILLED WITH ANGER!
February 15th, 2008 at 2:54 pmWell, Jabba the Hut could play good_golly.
Buck Fush
February 15th, 2008 at 3:02 pmOh Good Golly,
Stick with the right wing “hotties” like Bo Derek, and Reese Witherspoon.
February 15th, 2008 at 3:02 pmComment by ForTruth
February 15th, 2008 at 3:10 pmDon’t forget Briteny Spears. “I believe we should give up our rights to the president so he can keep us safe”.
re 41: and who is “hot” enough to play cheney? peewee herman has bush sewed up. The olsen twins can play jenna and the one who isn’t preggers, if they beef up. cartmann is hot enough to play rove.
February 15th, 2008 at 3:11 pmWell, Jabba the Hut could play good_golly.
Buck Fush
Comment by Buckie Boy — February 15, 2008 @ 3:02 pm
Or maybe Chet from Weird Science.
February 15th, 2008 at 3:11 pmBo has always been a “10.â€
Comment by good_golly
At least her IQ has been 10
February 15th, 2008 at 3:12 pmI can’t stand Nicole! What is it in american culture that has to translate and distort every single event into a movie???! As though to give real events some kind of legitimacy… The problem I have with that is that a movie is eddited, scripted, and portrays one perseptions of reality. I don’t know what side this movie will take, Bush’s or the side of the American people… however, I still find this kind of movies are not Cinema. I haven’t seen one single Drama (not discussing documentaries) about 9/11 that has not portray the WH sc-fi version of the events…
February 15th, 2008 at 3:15 pmIs the movie going to show Dick Chenney and Karl Rove commiting treason?! Is it going to show Libby obstructing justice? Is it going to show Bush pardoning the ‘fall guy’? Nicole is a very bad actress! She got an Oscar only because the idiot prime minister of Australia, which was kicked out of office last election, has sided with Bush’s occupation.
February 15th, 2008 at 3:22 pmI bet whoever played the Wizard in the Wizard of Oz is old enough to play Cheney. And if you keep him behind the curtain the whole time, it’s a perfect metaphor.
February 15th, 2008 at 3:34 pmComment by sacopenapa
February 15th, 2008 at 3:35 pmHopefully it’s not another “Path to 9-11″ written by drug limpballs and his buddys.
You feel lucky, punk, well do ya?
You don’t know how to do humor gigi, stick with sucking on Bush’s ass, it’s more your style.
Buck Fush
February 15th, 2008 at 3:40 pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-0BVT4cqGY&NR=1
February 15th, 2008 at 3:47 pmHere ya go Buckie! ;)
No word yet on the actor filling the role of Vice President Cheney.
Oooh, Ooooh! I know! Edward G Robinson! I know, he’s dead. Perfect.
February 15th, 2008 at 3:47 pmNo word yet on […] filling the role that is Vice President Cheney.
For a hole that big, I’d suggest some pretty heavy-duty equipment…
February 15th, 2008 at 4:21 pmThis is not “James Bond†or even “Charlie Wilsons War†material. I give the premise for the movie- the finger.
Comment by Southern Man — February 15, 2008 @ 4:26 pm
hey, if it isn’t a cartoon, it’s definitely over your head, dumbshit.
February 15th, 2008 at 4:30 pmComment by Southern Mammal — February 15, 2008 @ 4:26 pm
Proof that Southern mammal has no idea what it’s talking about anymore (or ever).
All the President’s Men, also about politics (a corrupt Republican administration, specifically), also with actors that Southern mammal would undoubtedly find “boring” and also with an ending that was already known, cost $8.5 million to produce.
It grossed $70 million in the USA. In 1977 dollars.
February 15th, 2008 at 4:37 pm.
I suggest that only JON LOVITZ (with a skull cap) has the face and the voice to do Dick the Duhhbya Puppet Master.
Yeah, that’s the ticket.
.
February 15th, 2008 at 4:46 pm“No word yet on the actor filling the role of Vice President Cheney.”
O.J. Simpson?
February 15th, 2008 at 5:01 pmMake Up!
T2 forgets that vetting the information with respect to the Bu**sh** administration may be a bit difficult, since no one in the WH can seem to remember a damn thing about the case.
Except, of course, for the guy who was convicted of perjury and Obstruction of Justice, that is…
February 15th, 2008 at 5:16 pmI volunteer to play Ambassador Wilson! Yoo hoo! Over here!!!
February 15th, 2008 at 6:57 pmNo word yet on the actor filling the role of Vice President Cheney.
I’m sure Mike Myers would be available to resurrect his role as Dr. Evil.
February 15th, 2008 at 7:01 pmWhere are Frankenstein and Pinocco (the puppets name I can’t spell..lol) when we need them.
February 15th, 2008 at 7:16 pmThat’s Franken-stEEN…
February 15th, 2008 at 7:17 pmComment by Tracy2 — February 15, 2008 @ 5:08 pm
you do have time to surf the net all day!
February 15th, 2008 at 7:44 pmCedric the Entertainer–Cheney
Jon Lovitz– Karl Rove
Jason Alexander–Scooter Libby
And the guy who played Napoleon Dynamite as George W.Bush
Joan Rivers would play Judith Miller.
Gilbert Gorttfried would play Bob Novak.
Daniel Day-Lewis would play Patrick Fitzgerald.
Viggo Mortensen would play joe Wilson.
With a special cameo of William Shatner as Saddam Hussein.
February 16th, 2008 at 12:33 amStrange. I’d have opted for Sharon Stone. The two look like twins.
February 16th, 2008 at 7:29 amI know I’m late to this discussion. I find it interesting that Valerie Plame and her husband Joe have yet to comment on the revelation from Sibel Edmonds that her CIA front company, Brewster Jennings, was outed TWO YEARS prior to Robert Novak allegedly by a man named Marc Grossman.
Why is Think Ostrich unwilling to print this information?
February 16th, 2008 at 9:54 am