O, Prez

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JA from MNPP here. I saw this picture on the little TV inside my office building's elevator of all places this afternoon, so I suppose it's making the rounds. Oprah posted it to Instagram (doesn't she know you're supposed to make something look like a weathered daguerreotype pulled from under piles of dirt and bones if you use Instragam?) - it is O herself alongside director Lee Daniels, with Jane Fonda and Alan Rickman giving us our first look-see at their Nancy and Ronald Reagan drag for Daniels' next flick called The Butler. The movie's about a man (played by Forest Whitaker) who was a butler at the White House over the course of eight different presidencies. We'll also be seeing James Mardsen as JFK and John Cusack as Nixon, amongst others. 

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What do we think of the Reagans? 

I think Rickman's expression is especially priceless.

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Comments

[Marcos]

There's something definitely wrong with this picture. Jane Fonda looks like a wax replica right out of Madame Tussaud's. And the proportions don't fit. Oprah looks like she's nearly twice the size of Fonda. Don't know. Looks like patchwork to me! Fonda and Rickman look smaller. Compare the size of their heads / faces to Oprah's and Daniels'. What do you all think?

[4rtful]

Oprah wants another competitive nomination, bad. I must say I resent her getting fat again, after making any person in the world with a weight problem feel guilty for not having an expensive personal trainer and chef, now all of a sudden, she's tiered of working out and watching what she eats.

[4rtful]

Oprah wants another competitive nomination. I resent her getting fat again, after, making every person in the world with a weight problem feel guilty not having an expensive personal trainer and chef. Now she's tired of working out and watching what she eats.

[iggy]

At first I really thought it was actually Nancy Reagan! Then I read Jane Fonda in the text, and had to scroll up to check where in the picture she was.

That said, elevators shouldn't have TVs, they kill the tension so characteristic of elevators. Soon we'll need to be looking at screens every single moment of our lives.

[rick]

I love Rickman ...as for Fonda, she is a total sourpuss on or off the screen and no sense of humor.

[Mareko]

I ♥ Jane Fonda, a one-of-a-kind multi-talent -- she's an *excellent* writer -- but it's true that she, like many limousine liberals, is largely humourless with an inability to dish it out AND take it.

And (b), this is so obviously a Photoshop mash-up.

[thebitchismoi]

What happened to Daniels? He was kinda hunky now his boobs are almost as big as Oprahs

[Derreck]

I can't wait to see this. I still don't know who the hell thought of Rickman = Reagan, but i approve for the sheer WTFness of it all. If they cast Meryl Streep as Barbara Bush, i'll starting camping outside the theater.

Fonda is working the whole Nancy Reagan vibe though and i'm hoping that Minka Kelly as Jackie Kennedy isn't as hilarious at it sounds.

Betwen this, Precious and the delightfully trashy looking "Paperboy", Daniels is really starting to fly high on my list.

[Bill_the_Bear]

Rickman looks more like Reagan than I would have ever thought, even if he isn't a perfect match. Fonda, on the other hand, looks like she's trying to play Marie Antoinette.

[Volvagia]

Derreck: John Cusack as Nixon. REALLY!? Tricky Dick!? I might see the movie if reviews are good, but that just sounds like a recipe for some real bad soup.