Will Smith 'to play' Barack Obama as US President in Hollywood movie

Telegraph UK ^ | Last Updated: 3:28PM GMT 15 Jan 2009 | By Tim Walker, Mandrake

[Perdogg]

Smith has staked his claim to play the role, even before Barack Obama has been inaugurated as president.

Speaking at the premiere of his new film Seven Pounds at the Empire, Leicester Square, in London, Smith laughed about reports that the US President-elect had indicated that he would like the actor to play him if his life story were ever to be made into a movie.

[Perdogg]

Barf!

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Oliver Stone, que it up!

[Eagles6]

Good. Now I have 2 reasons not to watch it.

[Enterprise]

So, who’s going to play the part of his drug dealer?

[doodad]

A movie about nothing? Maybe Seinfeld could write the script. Seriously, it would be shorter than a newsreel of old.

I do have to laugh though because in Independence Day the wife of Will’s character makes fun of his ears.

[winner3000]

(he US President-elect had indicated that he would like the actor to play him if his life story were ever to be made into a movie.)

This level of hubris hasn’t been seen since Napoleon and the Roman emperors. I want to laugh, but it is starting to make me nervous about where our country is headed.

[AU72]

LOL. Zero's not even sworn in and gets Will Smith to play him.

In eight years the best Bush could get was Josh Brolin.

[Perdogg]

Emma Thompson or Kristin Scott Thomas will probably play Hillary.

[IbJensen]

Who will play the baby lying on a pile of straw in a Kenya hut surrounding by goats, hyenas and mau mau?Who will play the lovely effervescent Michelle?

This will be a movie that will dwarf "Gone With The Wind" and will pull in thousands of food stamps.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Any real need to actually make this movie? How’s about saving every body the trouble and just send Smith the Oscar right now.

And just because I am like this...who will play Shelli? (And remember LaWanda Page has gone on the big sound stage in the sky...suckas).

[livius]

The only type of life story Obama is going to get would be something like “The Bunker.” Poor Will is such a twit he doesn’t realize this yet. Plus blacks are so entranced by this foreigner with a suntan that they are ready to lick his feet.

[IbJensen]

Bill Clinton will play the evil slaveowner who rapes the virgins.

[IbJensen]

George Bush will play a field hand.

[sheik yerbouty]

What with its minions of screaming, leftist kool aid drinkers, it will be called “Triumph of The Shrill”..

[Enterprise]

Too bad Heath Ledger died. He could stay in the Joker makeup and play Rahm Emanuel.

[Borges]

Now that’s funny!

[IbJensen]

So, who’s going to play the part of his drug dealer?

Bill 'a nose like a vacuum cleaner' will play this role as well as the slaveowner-rapist.

[Enterprise]

"Bill Clinton will play the evil slaveowner who rapes the virgins."

Helen Thomas will volunteer to work for scale.

[reagan_fanatic]

Erkel would have been a better choice.