Oliver Stone

Long before George W. Bush became President of the United States, he was a wild party animal with a penchant for drinking, he freely admits. Since becoming a born-again Christian teetotaller and ascending to become the world's most powerful man, Dubya has tried to forget his misguided youth. Twenty-two years after quitting alcohol, Bush's past is coming back to haunt him in Oliver Stone's biopic of the President, the aptly-titled W. Scroll down for trailer 'Alcoholic bum': Josh Brolin as a young George W Bush swills whisky straight from a Jack Daniels bottle No Country For Old Men star Josh Brolin plays Dubya in ... Read Full Story

Interestingly enough, as I've mentioned in some of my previous posts, politicians may somehow be similarly situated with celebrities. Elections or not, some politicians cant help but be in the limelight. This is unavoidable. Josh Brolin is the hot celebrity online by playing the role as the 43rd US President George W. Bush in Oliver Stone’s ‘W.’ Sounds like politically related, huh? But definitely not. In addition to that, Josh Brolin will be visiting Saturday Night Live and will be hosting the show as President George W. Bush. According to some websites, it may be possible that President Bush himself will visit the show ... Read Full Story

Director Oliver Stone (standing, center) on the set of his film W., with (left to right, seated) Condi Rice (Thandie Newton), Donald Rumsfeld (Scott Glenn), George Tenet (Bruce McGill), George W. Bush (Josh Brolin, seated on table), Colin Powell (Jeffrey Wright) and Dick Cheney (Richard Dreyfuss). Photo: Lionsgate Lionsgate has released two new images from the upcoming Bush biopic W. and as you can see from the image featured above we get a first look at director Oliver Stone (standing, center) on the set of the film's rendition of the White House Situation Room, with (left to right, seated) Condi Rice (Thandie Newton), Donald ... Read Full Story

Directed by Oliver Stone (Platoon, Wall Steet), W stars Josh Brolin (Grind House, No Country For Old Man) as President George W. Bush . "W." reaveals how Bush went from someone whom his own family didn't think he would accomplish anything in his life to the leader of the free world. "W" Cast Josh Brolin as George W. Bush Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush Thandie Newton as Condoleezza Rice James Cromwell as George H. W. Bush Richard Dreyfuss as Dick Cheney Scott Glenn as Donald Rumsfeld [2] Jeffrey Wright as Colin Powell [2] Toby Jones as Karl Rove Trailer # 1 Trailer # 2 ... Read Full Story

Not that I think Josh Brolin will do a bad job, but I would've been very interested to see this other casting choice for Oliver Stone 's W . Of course, with Stone as the source, you should take it with a grain of salt. He's been known to stretch a truth here and there. Stone told GQ.com that they went through a lot of actors before settling on Brolin, including one rather surprising choice. "I needed a star [to get financing]...and Josh Brolin was not a star. Originally I went for Christian Bale . We did some rigorous prosthetic tests and spent a ... Read Full Story