-
- Ford Denies Smoking Crack
- Very Close Race for Senate Nomination in Georgia
- Welcoming 100 Sandy Hook Moms
- Bonus Quote of the Day
- Gingrich Warns Republicans About Overreach
- Blogs
- At the Races
- Political MoneyLine
- Rothenblog
- Columns
- Rothenberg
- Shop Talk
The Stars Fall in ‘Olympus Has Fallen’
Posted at 11:51 a.m. on Feb. 28
The main problem with playing a pol in Hollywood is the whole topsy-turvy power structure.
Take the looming perps-invade-1600-Penn thriller “Olympus Has Fallen”:
One-time fake POTUS Morgan Freeman — he shouldered the load of a doomed Earth as President Beck in “Deep Impact” — drops down the political food chain to be House Speaker Martin Trumbull in this outing. Both roles, of course, are a step down from ruling all creation in “Bruce Almighty.”
Same goes for Gerard Butler. The once heroic Spartan — his hunky King Leonidas handily dispatched many an ill-fated Persian in “300” — has been demoted to disgraced Secret Service agent Mike Banning for this go-round.
The only one who has, debatably, most moved up in the world is Aaron Eckhart. Here he’s been promoted to commander-in-chief — he portrays terror-plagued President Benjamin Asher — after pulling smarmy lobbyist duty in the satirical “Thank You for Smoking.”
Meanwhile, in a bit of art imitating life serendipity — Hillary Rodham Clinton’s life, to be specific — Ashley Judd flexes her administrative chops as first lady Margaret Asher. In real life, she keeps stringing along political writers with the will-she-or-won’t-she drama of maybe, possibly launching a formal bid to unseat Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
Got Gossip?
Submit your hot tips and juicy gossip. Send us your anonymous tips here
Comments (0)
Comments are Closed. Logout
No comments just yet.
