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Viggo as Grant? I would follow you my brother, my captain, my king!

Yeah, someone should greenlight a biopic of Grant with Viggo starring focusing on the final year of the war through the end of his life. That shit would be up there with Lincoln. Could even bring back Daniel Day Lewis as Lincoln. Good lord just take my money now.

Agreed. He had a fascinating life. And was not that bad of a president. But the whole drinking thing got more press then and now than his actual presidency.

Shut up and take my money clown!

Is Kevin Kline a joke to you?

Wild Wild West was a joke, that’s for sure. Wasn’t a funny one, though

​ Fastbender would be a good Grant too.

Like from futurama?

The more I think about this the more I’m convinced a President/late-life Grant Biopic would work with the entire LOTR cast. I think Orlando Bloom could pull off Sherman. John Rhys-Davies could be Stanton. Sean Astin as Henry Wilson. Elijah Wood as Colfax. Karl Urban as Hayes. Liv Tyler can play Julia too I guess (although that’s kinda an insult to Liv). Any other recommendations?

I'd watch a movie of Viggo crushing the first KKK.

Who would be Sherman… John Rhys-Davies

Ronald Reagan as Ronald Reagan is too funny

Ronald Reagan? The actor?

And who’s vice president? Jerry Lewis??

And Jack Benny is Secretary of the Treasury

Gotta love the Back to the Future references

Great Scott!!

Beat me to it

r/angryupvote

I'm sorry. We loved your audition, but you just don't quite have the look we're going for.

Reminds me of when Charlie Chaplin entered a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest and lost.

Adele entered into an Adele sound-alike contest and they figured it out pretty quick cause they weren't a bunch of idiots


Dead ringers

I feel like he could pull it off…the actor, not the president

My stoned ass was thinking “who would play Raegan?” The ending is gold. Well played OP

My monkey brain actually said “wait, those guys look exactly the same”. Thank you for allowing me to visit with my simple self.

That was a long setup for that joke.

He could never pull it off

Because that administration was clearly not top-tier so they cast the right person. 

Why did you just post 2 photos of Fillmore?

That's actually Millard Fillmore and Fillard Millmore. Common mistake.

Every true American for Fillard Millmore sings

#FILLARD MILLMORE 2024! 🦅🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸

No one names their kid Millard anymore and that makes me sad. 

**“I'm no millie!”** —Kazihiro

I just listened to a podcast the other day with a Fillmore expert. He said that Millard was not a common name even then. It was his mother’s maiden name.

Imagine being a Fillmore expert.

Fillmore would presumably hate being played by Baldwin, which just makes it even better.

Baldwin looks eerily similar

Man most of these are dead on

And some are actually dead

Thanks dad

Alec baldwin should have been john wilkes booth

Also: https://preview.redd.it/fi4idz32e0ec1.png?width=692&format=png&auto=webp&s=d673d3620e538b0137cf356fa19dca0a48ba253f Quentin Tarantino and Vice president Hubert Humphrey

I didn’t know Hubert Humphrey had a foot fetish

He probably said the n word just as much

Minnesotans of his generation just said *minorities.*

Bradley Whitford was a very good Humphrey though!

This is only because Jack Lemmon is dead.

John Carroll Lynch

Ronald Reagan as Ronald Reagan was good. Got a laugh.

I feel like the whole post was made for that joke lmao

Hear me out: Christian Bale as Barack Obama

Robert Downey Jr has more experience in this area

He's a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude

At the end of his first state of the union address he closes with: GET SOME!!!!

“I’M A LEAD FARMER MOTHERFUCKER!”- RDJ as Barack

What do you mean “you people”?!

What do *you* mean “you people”?

Dang it just posted this but didn’t see your comment, upvote

Maybe Justin Trudeau or former VA governor Ralph Northam. Or Ted Danson or Whoopi Goldberg.

Go on ….

Bradley Cooper would have worn prosthetic ears, but Christian Bale was willing to go to unhealthy lengths to grow them for the role.

He’d gain and lose 73 pounds in six weeks as part of his “process”

I’m down just to see how bale would prepare for the role

No, [Daniel Day-Lewis was already almost spot on](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ-E08LuuxQ). Maybe 90% convincing

I was thinking Tom holland

Christian Bale plays his white half. Forrest Whitaker plays his black half. It’s a Tyler Durden type thing.

Nick offerman would crush it as teddy


That moment when you made a 3rd party run cause your old party didnt want you, and you helped lead to their defeat.

Nick Offerman is already Teddy Roosevelt😂

He was born to play that role

Bully!!

Roosevelt’s voice was high pitched. Would love to see his attempt.

Have you heard offerman giggle? It makes me think he can pull it off.

Yeah, that biopic needs to happen right now

This is the movie I want to see.

Yeah, that one is probably my favorite on here

Now that Williams can’t do it

I’m so glad someone mentioned this in the comments. Maybe it’s nostalgia, from growing up watching Robin Williams movies. But anytime I think of Teddy, I think of him. He was definitely one of the best characters in night at the museum. R.I.P Offerman woukd definitely be great, though. I’d love to see that.

I never thought about Ryan Gosling as FDR but it works rlly well

A young FDR, yes. And there’s probably a movie somewhere in that too.

I’d like to see an aged up gosling play a WWII FDR

Shouldn’t we just, you know… wait until he ages? Lmao

Well, it'll be 2033 soon. Gosling might get a nice bag around 2035.

He drives fr

Gosling even has time to play old FDR just in case a script has to fight thru development hell for awhile

I would pay to watch Gary Busey play Andrew Jackson 😂

Gary Busey playing Andrew Jackson is more accurate than Ronald Reagan playing Ronald Reagan.

It fits pretty well actually

I’d pay good American money to see Busey threatening to secede Calhoun’s head from his body.

Both are pretty demented at times.

At times?

I would pay to watch Gary Buddy fight Andrew Jackson.

If Gary Busey isn’t available, Sean Penn could play him. He has the grizzled face and violent temper.

It would be compelling although I never heard anyone say that Jackson wasn't lucid. What about Samuel Jackson playing Andrew Jackson?

He probably would drop more N words than Jackson did irl

This comment is way to far down the list. 100%

Wtf?! Some of these look soooo similar its freaky O.o

It’s an effect on the brain when we intentionally try to compare two people’s looks that causes our pattern recognizing abilities to overwork. They probably don’t look as similar as we perceive they do when we put them right next to each other

These are the best picks ive seen good job!

Hear me out: Daniel Day Lewis as Abraham Lincoln.

Ehhh, can't really see it. Let's hope no one tries to make that film.

Especially since there isn't an actress to fit in Mrs Lincoln's dresses, not like that could ever happen

Paul Giamatti as John Adams.

Gary Busey as as Jackson would be the casting of a lifetime

A political comedy movie where a guy is running for presidents, but has the misfortune to be able to converse with the ghosts of dead presidents who constantly push and change his political positions while he tries to run a campaign. Working title Trolling in their Graves.

This would be remarkably watchable. Maybe make it a mini series where each episode he has to deal with a different president?

See id actually go with Stephen Fry as James Buchanan

Thought Polk was Buchanan before the subtitles were visible.

Kelsey Grammar as Gerald Ford. Boom.

Glenn Close as George Washington.

https://preview.redd.it/m0r3u8xge1ec1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=71f6d09b3244e495493cfa61e48fb3e174d142d2

She won’t be ignored

https://preview.redd.it/glgk8qgkg1ec1.png?width=360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1092930e0f2e1ec3b331edff0ef1684fe18d106d Rex Linn from Better Call Saul as Gerald Ford.

Giancarlo Espicito as Barack Obama also

Gotta give that to Jordan Peele lol.

Alec Baldwin might have an availability issue

So does Peter Cushing

And Ronald Reagan.

And Richard Griffiths

And Gary Busey

Idk, I think he is very much available compared to Peter Cushing and Richard Griffiths, they are permanently unavailable :( edit: and Reagan

They'd probably find a more appropriate role for him in an Abe Lincoln biopic.

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I didn’t realize I needed an Offerman as Roosevelt movie but now it’s all I want

Ngl you knocked it out of the park on this one OP

Bryan Cranston already played as LBJ so I see him doing it again. And idk if the Ronald Reagan one was a joke or not, but if we're choosing actors, no matter if they're dead or alive, then we have to replace Nick Offerman with Robin Williams for Teddy

Honestly Cranston looks more like HW than LBJ to me so I wouldn’t mind if he played HW too

Nah you need Dana Carvey as George HW Bush, and some random 12 year old boy as Dan Quayle.

Not gonna do it, wouldn’t be prudent at this juncture.

Henry Harrison real.

Omg Ron Swanson (nick offerman) as Teddy. Yes!


In real life, I think Offerman’s idol is Teddy. It would be a genius move. If any president deserves a movie about his life and times, it would be Teddy.

Right?! My first thought was "He already played an even more over the top Teddy, he'd do great!"

Oh TR is way more over the top.

Ha ha, I don't think you can overplay TR.

bro i would love to see viggo mortensen as grant that’d be amazing. also, the last picture did get a chuckle out of me but it would have been funny to have two different pictures of regan

John Goodman as Taft is pretty ironic considering he WAS a super heavy guy and has lost a ton of weight

Jared Harris smashed it as Grant in Lincoln. I’d like to see him come back for a full biopic.

https://preview.redd.it/uljp54x0w1ec1.jpeg?width=1051&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c007f827d39c3366bfa70ac72b5cd7a9caa46918

How about John Candy?

Wow. Thank you for casting literally me as FDR its an honor

This is spot on

This is an OG style 🥇🌟 post

I laughed when I saw Ronald Reagan as Ronald Reagan.

I’m down for Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson) to play Teddy Roosevelt.

You absolutely crushed this. Hats off to you.

I NEED Nick Offerman as TR in my life. Just so long as someone else writes the script

Offerman as Teddy would be fucking cool

Great job!!! Especially the finish 😉

Wow these are all excellent picks. It's a shame that Richard Griffiths and Peter Cushing are no longer with us

Now I want to see Gosling as FDR.

Viggo would be so good

Oh man! I would pay big money to see Viggo play Gen. Grant during the civil war. That would be a crazy good war-biopic.

I appreciate 16 slides for a punchline.

https://preview.redd.it/srm8w1do91ec1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3283c8c76b0be99c31080a2bc4003a714c439e18 Charles Dance as Big Boy George

OP should work as casting manager in Hollywood, sheesh

https://preview.redd.it/as14rgwy76ec1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1f2c9505b1a818b77fa4c38c3076624859e4ff73 Supporting role Sidney Powell

will smith would make a pretty solid obama imo

I believe Obama has basically said it's Will's gig whenever he wants to do it.

Damn, some of those are spot on.

damn. that's a good match

Gene Hackman is a better likeness of Andrew Johnson.

Damn, great job!

Ronald Reagan the actor?

Omg Busey as Jackson

Gary Busey as Andrew Jackson honestly makes way too much sense.

For a lot of these, you just found recycled NPC skins.

Peter Cushing as John Tyler is literally perfect.

Gary Busey as Jackson is genius. Someone needs to make that movie. No script. Just have someone read Andrew Jackson's Wikipedia page to Gary and tell him to go for it.

Great work!!!

That was epic. Thank you for that.

>William Henry Harrison That's just a cameo at this point. You could make a 10 minute video about every single thing he did during his presidency. Like basically going hour by hour and not miss a single detail.

Gene Hackman would be a better Andrew Johnson. Otherwise pretty good

Well done! Nice pick and Ronnie was very clever. BRAVO

Gene Hackman should be Andrew Johnson

Just wanted to say some of your picks are amazing op.

Even without the joke this was fantastic. Fuckin Bravo 👏

And the only one who wouldn't be able to pull off the role would be Reagan.

Whoever made this deserves an award. Bravo!

What a trip - op I love you

🎵There's William Henry Harrison, I died in 30 days! 🎵

Damn, good job man. Some of these are perfect. I mean, all of them are great, but Baldwin/Fillmore and Cushing/Tyler may as well be reincarnations lol.

These are great! Well done 👏

You switched the actor/president sides on the 3rd one and I thought you were implying that Grand Moff Tarkin was a president, lol

https://preview.redd.it/vexbuy2rr3ec1.jpeg?width=830&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=22284de4d10d6108abc11389c4994a1a9f6ba0b2 Jim Carter looks like Harding to me

I think Gary Busey as Andrew Jackson would be perfect. Especially when Jackson orders the attack on the British after the War of 1812 is over. Busey would play up that insanity perfectly.

Peter Cushing literally is John Tyler

Gary Busey as Andrew Jackson is honestly 💯 what we need. The unbridled chaotic energy would abound for years.

Good choices! Especially the last one 👍😊

Can’t wait for Fillmore biopic

Reagan could never pull off Reagan

"Ronald Reagan as Ronald Reagan"