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Horribly Miscast as Bush Sr.

posted 16 years ago by acountis
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W. looks like a pretty interesting movie, but James Cromwell as Bush Senior is just goofy. Cromwell is an okay actor, but he doesn't have a lot of range. He's basically the same guy in every movie and I don't see how he can inhabit the role of a person people know so well.

It's going to be like Zefram Cochrane is W.'s father.

Oh, and tiny little Jeffrey Wright as Colin Powell, who is 6 foot 2 and husky? Why not someone with some stature and presence?

[–] caroms2051 15 years ago

Agree with CradleRounder, although this is not exactly a timely response. Now I see that James Cromwell is going to play the role of Lyndon Johnson as well. THAT might be a bit of a stretch because LBJ was so heavy set, except as a very young man. Randy Quaid was great as Lyndon Johnson, bt I forget the name of the movie/TV miniseries,etc