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Laura Linney Cast Opposite Bill Murray in Hyde Park on the Hudson

Deadline reports that Laura Linney will play Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s mistress (and cousin) Daisy in Hyde Park On The Hudson , the story of George VI’ s 1939 visit to the Roosevelts in their upstate New York home. Bill Murray is slated to play FDR, and I’m slated to cast Eleanor right now — Kathy Bates, anyone? Not that she wants another mid-century period piece after the creative nadir of Revolutionary Road , of course, but she has command that defies Harry’s Law ! [ Deadline ]

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Laura Linney Cast Opposite Bill Murray in Hyde Park on the Hudson

Talkbalk: Bill Murray as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Totally Random or Just Right?

Just last Friday, Movieline’s casting department notified you that Notting Hill director Roger Michell was on the lookout for an actor to play Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his romantic drama Hyde Park On Hudson . Our casting execs were thinking of someone along the lines of James Cromwell or Jon Voight again, but apparently Michell and UK’ s Film4 had a completely different actor in mind for the movie. Ladies and gentleman, meet the up-and-comer who will be playing the next Franklin D. Roosevelt: Bill Murray! Join as after the jump to share your thoughts on this surprise casting choice.

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Talkbalk: Bill Murray as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Totally Random or Just Right?