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?
