# Cast the 2016 election. **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 9, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2016-election/727414 "2015-08-09T23:45:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2016-election/727414/1 "2015-08-09T23:45:00Z")
Not sure if this should go here or in Café Society, but supposing you were making a movie of the 2016 election cycle. Who would play Bush, Rubio, Trump, Clinton, Sanders, et al? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2016-election/727414/2 "2015-08-10T01:46:13Z")
I’d ask Rosie O’Donnell to play Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2016-election/727414/3 "2015-08-10T02:02:02Z")
Donald Trump would play Donald Trump. He would also produce, write and cast the docu-drama. I trust his judgment on this. If I was to advise him, I’d cast Jason Alexander as Jeb Bush, Ralph Fiennes as Scott Walker, Elijah Wood as Marco Rubio, and Pee Wee Herman as Ted Cruz. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2016-election/727414/4 "2015-08-11T02:34:28Z")
I always thought that MASH’s Mike Farrell would make a decent Joe Biden. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2016-election/727414/5 "2015-08-11T02:47:56Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > I always thought that MASH’s Mike Farrell would make a decent Joe Biden. I like that call. With the right makeup and hairdo, he could probably do Sanders as well. Give [this](http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/ultimatesoapfan/images/9/9f/Farrell.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20131107185955)picture of him some crazy hair, and he’s nearly there. So if Biden stays out of the race, he has a backup option. Maybe Meryl Streep for Hillary Clinton. They don’t look that much alike, but the right makeup could get her close enough. And Streep played Thatcher, so strong-willed, divisive characters are not new to her (I did not see the Thatcher move). The character of Tommy Carcetti on _The Wire_ was supposed to have been inspired, in part, by Martin O’Malley. So, maybe Aidan Gillen could play O’Malley. Who could play Donald Trump? That’s a tough one. I’m leaning toward Gary Busey. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2016-election/727414/6 "2015-08-11T17:02:00Z")
[QUOTE=Bayard;18591025Who could play Donald Trump? That’s a tough one. I’m leaning toward Gary Busey.[/QUOTE] Randy Quaid. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2016-election/727414/7 "2015-08-11T17:48:49Z")
Glenn Close for Hillary. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2016-election/727414/8 "2015-08-11T17:54:23Z")
Steven Seagal as Donald Trump ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2016-election/727414/9 "2015-08-11T18:10:00Z")
Morgan Freeman as Ben Carson Johnny Galecki as Marco Rubio ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2016-election/727414/10 "2015-08-12T17:36:51Z")
Alec Baldwin as Trump. Glenn Close as Hillary Hugh Laurie (in his nerdy Stuart Little mode) as Jeb Bush Keanu Reeves as Scott Walker Matthew Perry as Ted Cruz Christopher Lloyd as Bernie Sanders Kevin James as Chris Christie ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2016-election/727414/11 "2015-08-12T17:56:52Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Hugh Laurie (in his nerdy Stuart Little mode) as Jeb Bush Where do you get this? 😕 Hugh seems to me to have nothing in common with Jeb, either in manner or in physique. Of the two I would have picked Stephen Fry. My contribution: Steve Schirripa as Christie. and if I had time travel, a younger Bill Murray as Ted Cruz ---
**Author:** ![Celidin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Celidin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celidin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2016-election/727414/12 "2015-08-12T23:54:53Z")
[Joanna Gleason](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Gleason) as Carly Fiorina Darrell Hammond as Donald Trump Chris Parnell as Scott Walker or maybe Rick Santorum Jay Pharaoh as Ben Carson M. Night Shymalan as Bobby Jindal John Lutz as Mike Huckabee William Sadler as John Kasich Ronny Cox - George Pataki I’ll second Steve Schirripa as Christie. Good choice there. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2016-election/727414/13 "2015-08-13T18:34:59Z")
If only we could bring back a young, thinner Jackie Gleason to play Cruz. Cloris Leachman could do a passable Fiorina. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2016-election/727414/14 "2015-08-13T19:15:32Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > If only we could bring back a young, thinner Jackie Gleason to play Cruz. > > Cloris Leachman could do a passable Fiorina. Cloris Leachman is at least 25 years too old for that role.