Casting Call for Casino Jack

By Lila Shapiro - April 30, 2009, 9:02AM

As Zack Roth reported on Monday, Kevin Spacey has signed on to play Jack Abramoff in the upcoming "modern day GoodFellas" type thriller Casino Jack.

As devoted mappers of Abramoff's twisted world, we wanted to give TPM readers a chance to share their dream cast lists. So we've put together a gallery of some of the key players. Leave your notes in the comments. The best suggestions will be incorporated into a glamorous Casino Jack: TPM Photo Feature.

Enter.

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Ralph Reed could be played by Ed Norton, Jr.
Steven Griles should be Michael Hogan (Saul Tigh on BSG).

I liked most of your suggestions, so I'll stop with these two.

Posted by TheOtherWA
April 30, 2009 11:40 AM | Reply | Permalink

Pee Wee Hemran plays Ralph Reed

A bearded Don Rickles plays Grover Norquist

Bono plays Jack Abramoff

Posted by JohnW1141
April 30, 2009 12:14 PM | Reply | Permalink

EDIT- Pee Wee HERMAN*

Posted by JohnW1141 in reply to a comment from JohnW1141
April 30, 2009 12:15 PM | Reply | Permalink

Thanks for cracking me up with this slide show.

What a bunch of insects. Cockroaches running around the kitchen of our Republic.

Apologies to Insecta in general - many of which are essential and all of which are fascinating.

Posted by BrianSkuse
April 30, 2009 12:41 PM | Reply | Permalink

Jack Nicholson for Grover Norquist oh please oh please

Posted by k1maynes
April 30, 2009 1:35 PM | Reply | Permalink

Timothy Hutton for the Evil Elf.

This is shaping up to be a great ensemble!

Posted by k1maynes
April 30, 2009 1:39 PM | Reply | Permalink

Chris Cooper as Tom Delay

http://www.filmgecko.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/chris-cooper-the-tempest.jpg

Posted by bess
April 30, 2009 6:46 PM | Reply | Permalink

Nicholson, ala "The Shining" would be a good Delay...

Posted by JEP07
April 30, 2009 9:24 PM | Reply | Permalink

And I say let Schwartzenegger play Abramoff, he's gonna need the work...

Posted by JEP07
April 30, 2009 9:25 PM | Reply | Permalink

Okay.

Reed - Jason Batemen indeed
Norquist - Seth Rogen is good
Scanlon - Aaron Eckhart
Delay - Josh Brolin
Conrad Burns - Dominic Chianese (Junior Soprano)
Ney - Drew Carey, yes!
Dolittle - Newman works for me
Steve Griles - Brian Cox is good
Kevin Ring - Johnny Lee Miller
Italia Federice - Brooke Smith

I like Oliver Platt for Abramoff, but in the interests of having an acting powerhouse in the key role I'll stick with Spacey.

Posted by someofparts
May 1, 2009 1:09 PM | Reply | Permalink