Julianne Moore will play Sarah Palin in HBO's 'Game Change'
Who will play John McCain for the 'Recount' team?
Julianne Moore
Credit: Joel Ryan/AP
Julianne Moore has been tapped to play reality TV star/former governor/former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin in HBO's "Game Change."
From the team that brought HBO the Emmy-winning "Recount," "Game Change" is based on John Heilemann and Mark Halperin's bestseller, focusing on John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, specially the period from McCain's selection of Palin as his running mate to the ticket's November loss.
Following the "Recount" template, Jay Roach will direct and executive produce from a script by "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" co-star and Writers Guild Award winner Danny Strong, who will also co-executive produce.
Thus far, Moore is the only actor cast in the project. Now we need to start random speculation about who should play McCain.
Moore has earned four Oscar nominations, most recently for performances in "Far From Heaven" and "The Hours."
Way back in 1988, Moore won a Daytime Emmy for her "As the World Turns." She was most recently seen on the small screen in a multi-episode arc on NBC's "30 Rock."
Moore would, of course, be attempting to become the second actress to win an Emmy for portraying Sarah Palin, following in the footsteps of her "30 Rock" colleague Tina Fey. Palin, in turn, will be hoping to win an Emmy of her own, if voters respond to "Sarah Palin's Alaska."
A long-time member of the TCA Board and a longer-time blogger of "American Idol," Dan Fienberg writes about TV, except for when he writes about movies or sometimes writes about the Red Sox. But never music. He would sound stupid talking about music.
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Login or create a HitFix account Login SignupTausif Khan
March 9, 2011 at 5:21PM EST Reply to CommentThere is only one person who could properly play John McCain and that is Wilford Brimley.
Loretta
March 9, 2011 at 5:40PM EST Reply to CommentI really, really enjoyed Recount, and am excited to hear that this is in production.
I do worry though that, despite the fact that Julianne Moore is an extraordinarily talented actress and can probably play almost any part, she just has too much intelligence in her eyes to pull off this "character."
lem
March 9, 2011 at 10:09PM EST Reply to CommentThey should get Harry Lennix to play Obama....
March 10, 2011 at 2:53AM EST Reply to CommentJulianne Moore is brilliant. I thought the producers would try to cast a comedian, but instead the casting directors found talent. Sarah Palin should be worried. Sarah Palin will not be President of the United States if Julianne Moore can add truth to her performance as Palin.
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