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I spent much of the weekend fantasizing about who I would cast in the inevitable movie version of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal. Cate Blanchett seemed like a good choice for disgraced, former newspaper editor Rebekah Brooks while Hugh Grant was surely a lock for the role of Hugh Grant. (You may not know this, but the star of The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain does an excellent impression of the Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain star.)
However, the new fake trailer you’ll find below has thrown my fantasy casting into disarray. The clip is very Anglo-oriented but still worth checking out, not least for the rather compelling suggestion that Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall might actually make for a good Rebekah Brooks.
If nothing else, it would save the production a bunch of money on hair-gingerizing products. Check it out:Â
Read more:
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I think they need to cast Shaun White as Rebekah Brooks, to appeal to the US audience.
Bravo! Great choice!
How about Nicole Kidman 20 years ago?
I was thinking Carrot Top instead!
Oh man I would totally dial down the center if you know what I mean.
I know this was said in jest, but stating that they (the supposed filmmakers) should in any way try “to appeal to the US audience” is just ridiculous.
I can think of another comment that is just tad more ridiculous…(side-eye to Lala)
Agreed!
I love that it comes from the director of Alvin and the Chipmunks The Squeakquel.
fantastic!!!!!!! hilary swank playing a dude. awesome. and colin firth as hugh grant. and rowan atkinson. well done, internets. well done.
That was brilliant! Colin Firth as Hugh Grant!! LOL!
It figures they give Grant’s role to a younger man. Colin Firth is 1 day younger than Grant.
Geoffrey Rush is perfect for Murdoch.
Hugh Grant IS David Cameron. Colin Firth IS Hugh Grant. Fabulous.
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