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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWho do you think should play Comey in the inevitable movie about this whole mess...
(We know who would play Trump)
I would choose Tom Hanks myself. I think he would give the role nuance.
Anybody else who should be portrayed?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,724 posts)should be played by Ben Stiller and Robert DeNiro, respectively.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)rzemanfl
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(52,243 posts)hanks would get it more accurately and respectfully, but goldblum would put more of his lost-in-the-clouds bumbling spin on it, which i think would work well for comey.
plus he's got the height thing down pat.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Under eyes.
Tallest actors...yikes Ben Affleck is 6'6"!
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls039722229/
CTyankee
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(52,243 posts)jmowreader
(50,559 posts)The guy has one character, the Stereotypical Neurotic Jewish Man.
How about Bryan Cranston?
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(52,243 posts)when i think of neurotic jewish man, i think of woody allen, and goldblum is not much like allen.
i think of goldblum more as the geeky science/math intellectual (the fly or the jurassic movies) with the geeky social awkwardness and pie-in-the-sky relation to reality, but i don't see him really doing much on the emotional side, hence no particular neuroticism.
i think goldblum captures what i think is going on inside comey's brain. again, not his mannerisms, but his inner dialog.
bryan cranston? i think he could do a fine job, but i'm not seeing any particular edge that he'd be adding.
Laffy Kat
(16,382 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)Not quite as tall, but tall enough.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Need to make trump short for when he has to hug him
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)jmowreader
(50,559 posts)Hes a leading man, and a movie with Trump in it would force the Comey character into a supporting role, regardless of whether Trump or Mueller is the leading man.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)I was enviisioning it as a kind of personal journey/struggle of the man Comey, not as an "All the President's Men" type of movie. But I get your point...
hlthe2b
(102,285 posts)Hanks is a terrific actor, but I just don't want him to play the more unsavory aspects of Comey's character.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)pnwest
(3,266 posts)jmowreader
(50,559 posts)According to IMDB, "Backseat" drops on December 21. This thing has an all-star cast: Christian Bale is Cheney, Mark Bramhall is the guy Cheney shot, Sam Rockwell is Dubya, Steve Carell is Rumsfeld, Tyler Perry plays Colin Powell...good times all around.
fifthoffive
(382 posts)James Cromwell.
hlthe2b
(102,285 posts)Michael Moriarty is another possibility at 6 foot 3 and has that "law and order" look already.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)hlthe2b
(102,285 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Comey doesn't have much of an accent, except for a standard American accent. I think it would be a piece of cake for an actor of his stature. But still...
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)IcyPeas
(21,884 posts)he even played an FBI guy in Waco and Boardwalk Empire
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788335/mediaindex?refine=tt0979432&ref_=nmmi_ref_nm
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)dem4decades
(11,296 posts)central scrutinizer
(11,650 posts)Not an actor but hes tall.
TheSmarterDog
(794 posts)But can still portray the conniving weasel he is behind the scenes?