I don’t even know. Lee Daniels is directing a film called The Butler, a film about a White House butler who served eight presidents. Oprah is in it. Mariah Carey is in it. Jane Fonda is playing *gasp* Nancy Reagan. And yes, Alan Rickman is playing Ronald Reagan. ALAN RICKMAN. Mother of God! I’m also including some photos of Rickman outside of the set. Obviously, he’s wearing a wiglet and all, but I can’t really tell if he’s got prosthetics on his face. When I first glanced through the photos, I really thought I was looking at Ciarán Hinds, one of my favorite character actors.
I’m looking through the cast list of The Butler now… it’s absolutely insane. John Cusack as Richard Nixon? Minka Kelly as Jackie Kennedy? Robin Williams as Pres. Eisenhower? Liev Schreiber as LBJ? *headdesk*
You know what just occurred to me? Alan Rickman is going to have to do Reagan’s voice. OMG. Now, there was nothing wrong with Reagan’s voice – but I just wonder if Alan Rickman’s doing Reagan’s American accent isn’t going to bring on the apocalypse.
On second glance, Alan Rickman could totally pass for Nixon’s minon, H.R. Haldeman.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and Oprah’s Twitter.
Wow!
Funny, I always thought Jane Fonda sort of resembled Nancy Reagan.
Rickman got famous doing an American accent in Die Hard, didn’t he? And Reagan’s voice is pretty easy to imitate.
Hans Gruber was a German terrorist, not an American
Bohdi-
Yes, Hans was a German terrorist. However, he is spotted by Bruce Willis in a scene and pretends to be an American employee of the company and begs Willis not to kill him. For a little while there, Rickman hangs on to that American accent.
Alan is such a great actor, I am really interested to see how this turns out.
What a slap in the face for Nancy Reagan to have this commie bitch portray her.
You’ve got to be kidding me. It was 50 years ago.
Tell that to the families of the POWs.
Actually it was 40 years and there’s an entire generation that lived through it and remember it very well. She actively supported the enemy; lots of people don’t let that go. It’s one of the decisions you make in life that follows you the rest of your days. When Fonda dies, it’ll be in the first paragraph of her obituary.
Don’t all Americans agree Vietnam was a big mistake? Wasn’t Mohammed Ali retrospectively praised for saying he had ‘nothing against the yellow man?’ How was Jane Fonda’s position that different? It wasn’t only Americans who suffered in that pointless conflict. There were over a million casualties on the other side.
@gayle: Not all Americans believe Vietnam was a big mistake but a sizeable percentage do. Muhammad Ali was excoriated as a draft dodger but Fonda was vilified as a traitor. A lot of servicemen thought she actually gave aid and comfort to the enemy during wartime. I have a friend who was a Marine officer in Nam and is politically very liberal, but if you mention Fonda’s name in front of him he goes ballistic. I have nothing against her other than that she made some dumbass comments during the war, and whatever her politics are, she’s an excellent actor.
Once a commie pig, always a commie pig.
@ Garnish…I agree. It doesn’t matter how long ago it happened. Fonda should be drug off this set & dumped. Oh…& I love Alan Rickman.
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You do know that Vietnam was a colossal mistake for America and they went into Vietnam because they felt it was a quick war to win, right?
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This may become Alan’s first oscar nomination!! 😀
What??!’. Can’t wait. Love Alan Rickman!!!
Alan Rickman can do a pretty good American accent. He’s done a number of them throughout the years.
Kaiser, I’m a firm believer that Alan Rickman can do no wrong. He is amazing. Period.
I am, however, very concerned about Jane Fonda as Nancy Reagan, as Jane Fonda has a perpetual haughty sneer.
+1000… Alan Rickman can do no wrong!
Love love love him!!
He’s awesome!His voice… 🙂
Nancy Reagan can out-sneer Jane Fonda any day in the week.
THIS.
Minka Kelly as Jackie-O?? Wasn’t an actress with actual talent available? I love Alan Rickman, Snape forever.
I know! WTF? How on earth is that going to play out. All the make-up and wigs in the world couldnt transform her into Jackie O.
OMG- I loooooove Alan Rickman!! I’m so excited to see him in a post. He looks good (even as Reagan). I just want to eat this man up– he is my number one celebrity crush. 🙂
ITA! I’ve had a crush on him since Die Hard. My friends think it’s funny, but I’d take him over Brad Pitt or any other “hot actors”. And that voice! God he’s so yummy!
Too funny! There’s only one other actor I lust after- Alexander Skarsgaard. Alan is tops and would be my first choice- his voice should be illegal!!
Gotta think this is going to be awful. It’s essentially an entire movie of cameo appearances where every new set of first families will be a distraction while the viewer tries to decide how good the imitation is.
I cannot even look at these pics. I cannot stand to see my beloved and brilliant Alan Rickman as the slimy dumb as dirt Reagan. Irrational, I know. It’s acting, I know. Still can’t look.
Ronald Reagan was neither slimy nor dumb.
He was the smartest one because he choose the clever ones to work with. It is with his help comunism start to fall in Europe like Poland, East Germany and more.
Wow! Alan Wow!
Jane Fonda still looks like Jane Fonda.
Holy sh*t, Lee Daniels has gained a lot of weight! Wonder what’s up with him? If he gains any more, they’ll start calling him “Precious”! (Just kidding, I really dig him, but seriously, wonder what’s going on.) I saw him a few years ago at a screening (of “Precious,” actually) and he was pretty hot. If he wasn’t gay, I would’ve went backstage after and totally tried to hit on him, LOL.