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How about Peter Jacobson?
He could work, although I think Priebus is substantially shorter.
The one I think I really hit a home run on was Martin Short doing Jeff Sessions. Just give him some Mickey Mouse ears.
I’d like to offer up the idea of a horror movie spoof of the Trump administration with Seth Meyers as Eric, because, for some reason, I just can’t get enough of this:
Steve Carell could absolutely nail Preibus.
HBO could cast this from their own roster of talent:
THE WHITE HOUSE:
Stephen Miller ----- Tony Hale (VEEP: Tony Hale - Wikipedia)
John Kelly ----- Gary Cole (VEEP)
Sarah Huckabee Sanders ---- Kathy Najimy (VEEP)
Steve Bannon ------ T. J. Miller (Silicon Valley)
Hope Hicks — Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones)
Rob Porter —Jack Gleeson (Joffrey in Game of Thrones)
Kellyanne Conway —Lisa Kudrow (The Comeback)
Sean Spicer — Matt Lucas (Little Britain USA)
Reince Priebus — Ron Livingston (Boardwalk Empire)
Anthony Scaramucci —Timothy Olyphant (Deadwood)
THE CABINET and THE FBI:
Jeff Sessions —Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)
Ben Carson — Jeffrey Wright (Boardwalk Empire)
Betsy DeVos —Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Steven Mnuchin —Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire)
Mueller ----- John Turturro (The Night Of) OR Charles Dance (Game of Thrones)
James Comey —Timothy Simons (VEEP)
THE TRUMPS:
Melania — Lena Headey (Game of Thrones)
Ivanka — Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones)
Jared — Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy in Game of Thrones)
Ivanna — Frances McDormand (Olive Kitteridge)
Eric Trump ----Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley)
Don, Jr. ----Chris Diamantopoulos (Silicon Valley)
And as Donald Jennifer Trump: Ricky Gervais (The Ricky Gervaise Show)
Bumping this thread now that we have to write in some new characters. First, Michael Avenatti! This guy has gone from sideshow to strangely powerful Trump foe. He’s a good looking guy: http://3popmusic.com/tschultz/avenatti/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Ten-B-300x300.jpg. I like Channing Tatum for that role. Tatum’s ten years younger than Avenatti, but makeup can add ten years easily. And I think Tatum could handle the mix of farce and steely-eyed drama. And even without makeup, his looks are in the ballpark: https://akns-images.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/201833/rs_634x1024-180403115241-634-jenna-dewan-channing-tatum-red-carpet.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&output-quality=100
Then, of course, we’ll have to cast for the role of Stormy Daniels. She could probably play herself. If not, maybe Naomi Watts, who was so good as besieged CIA agent Valerie Plame in Fair Game.
Christopher Denham for Rod Rosenstein. He’s perfect.
Stormy Daniels as Kellyanne Conway. Seriously. I saw a pic the other day and I couldn’t quite figure out if it was a photo of Conway on a really good day or Daniels on a really bad day.
(My twisted sense of humor thinks it would be boffo if Daniels played Ivanka. After all, Spanky supposedly told Daniels she reminded him of his daughter and I’m pretty sure he didn’t mean Tiffany.)
The whole thing is so surreal that only a combination of computer simulations and live actors can replicate it.
Where might the line be drawn between cartoon and live actor? Sanders, Spicer, Kellyanne. Carson are naturals for cartoons.
Obviously Homer Simpson wins the Trump role.
Better yet, a Simpsons-style comedy with Homer as Trump.
O-o-o-o-h! A big red button on my desk! What’s it do?
It launches missiles at North Korea, sir.
Ha! Take that, King John Un! And that! And that!
<aside> Good thing we disconnected that yesterday.I mean, this could be recycled whole with a change of clothes and more hair.
You’ve missed something essential. The actual line between cartoon and live actor has you and me on one side of it, and the current president on the other side. The creeping cartoonification of what used to be real life is part of the issue.
Paul Giamatti as Putin.
Chris Noth as Mueller. Watch Manhunt: Unabomber. He’s perfect, and even resembles Mueller.
Daniel Craig with a shaved head as Putin.
Too tall and too tough looking; Putin’s basically a garden gnome with aspirations.
That workaround didn’t solve the problem in Good Night, and Good Luck – audiences thought that the “portrayal” of Joe McCarthy was over the top. The same thing would surely happen with Trump’s trumpery.
Of course, the first time you found somebody who looks like a garden gnome, you’d have to cast him as Jeff Sessions and would need another one for Putin.
I remember some “controversy” from one of the Harry Potter movies where people said that Dobby the Elf looked a little too much like Putin. So, there’s our Putin.
If we are going the lampooning route Melissa McCarthy should revive her role as Sean Spicer. She had him nailed.
I give you Beverly from “Will and Grace”: https://goo.gl/images/z9zDau. to play sessions.