Hugh Jackman to Play Gary Hart in Jason Reitman Political Drama

I think Hugh Jackman is better looking than Gary Hart

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Hugh Jackman is hitting the campaign trail for Jason Reitman's The Frontrunner.

The Logan star will play disgraced politician Gary Hart, who 1988 was considered the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination when his campaign was rocked by revelations of an extramarital affair with Donna Rice. The U.S. Senator from Colorado then dropped out of the race.

Reitman wrote the screenplay, which chronicles Hart's meteoric rise and dramatic fall. Massachusetts Gov. Mike Dukakis, who had been trailing Hart, wound up landing the Democratic nomination. He eventually lost to George Bush. But the Hart story proved to be a turning point in American politics and the media, ushering in the tabloid age, where personal indiscretions became fair game. Before Hart, the media turned a blind eye to the infidelities of politicians.