Monday, May 10, 2010

Which Actor Should Play Stephen Harper?

Let's pretend that Jerry Bruckheimer was planning on making a movie about Canada's fantastic rapid response to the Earthquake in Haiti. Which actor would you choose to play Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper? Which actor would make the best Mike Ignatieff, who we can show on vacation in France while the crisis was unfolding? I'd kind of like to see Saruman from Lord of the Rings play Iggy. Not Christopher Lee as Ignatieff, but Christopher Lee as Saruman as Ignatieff. Keith Richards acts. Do you think he'd be interested? He can keep his British accent for effect.

Would you pick Tom Cruise for the Prime Minister? Perhaps James Gandolfini? Russel Crowe may be the most versatile actor who could fit in such a role. I'd suggest Tom Sizemore, but his recent TV appearances disqualify him in my opinion. Oh, and incase you didn't figure it out already, Cruise and Tony Soprano was an amateur attempt at satire. But Alex Baldwin, that would be a real option.

Any suggestions?

15 comments:

  1. Hands down William Shatner. He's Canadian and ruled his ship just like Harper rules this government.

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  2. Gilbert Godfrey can play Ralph Goodale

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  3. lol. Going old school some are not alive, but would do a great job.

    Gregory Peck, Clint Eastwood, Robert Niven, George Campbell Scott, Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson.

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  4. I can't cooment on Mr. Harper, but Mr. Bean is my hands down choice for Iggy

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  5. Captain Kirk is too old, imo. I would pick a REAL 50 year old. Gabriel Byrne, Richard Gere or George Clooney (although he's pretty socialist).

    As for Ignatieff I have no idea. Nothing comes to me although I love the Mr. Bean choice. Maybe Jim Carey could pull off the numerous face contortions that we have endured though so there it is, Jim Carey.

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  6. Boris Karloff for Iggy

    Robert Redford for PMSH

    Richard Widmark for Layton

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  7. Mr Bean, Robins111 you owe me a keyboard!!!

    JoeFrmEdm

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  8. Jack Nicholson as Iggy. Sam Waterson as Harper.
    Rosie O'Donnell as Elizabeth May.

    Peewee Herman as Jack Layton.

    DMorris

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  9. Eugene Levy does an Ernest Borgnine that actually looks like Iggy.

    Just take Count Chocula off the cereal box. That would work as well.

    Meryl Streep with bushy eyebrows might be another.


    Pee-Wee Herman could play Warren Kinsella.

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  10. Tom Berenger as Harper.

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  11. Mark Harmon for the PM.
    Sam the Eagle (from the Muppet Show) for Iggy...

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  12. Yeah, Mark Harmon would make a great Stephen Harper. Or how about Dustin Hoffman? I was thinking of Christopher Lloyd (I think that's his name) who played Ignatowski on Taxi as the other Iggy.

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  13. Viggo Mortensen with face makeup and a body suit, could pass for him. And some voice mimicking.
    It shouldn't be beyond him.

    Much better then the other picks.

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  14. Paul Gross. Hands down. Come on!

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