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27 March 2008 8:05 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

A day after the cast was set for Oliver Stone's upcoming political biopic of U.S. President George W. Bush, C. Thomas Howell has signed up to play the American leader in a comedy.

While No Country For Old Men star Josh Brolin will play Bush in Stone's drama W., Soul Man actor Howell will portray the President in new political satire Commander-And-Chief.

Directed by Gerson Sanginitto, the comedy can only loosely suggest Howell is Bush, because of the content of the film, but a movie spokesperson says, "There's no mistaking who he is supposed to be."

The insider adds, "This hysterical political satire is guaranteed to make audiences both laugh and think."

Meanwhile, Babe star James Cromwell, Elizabeth Banks and Ellen Burstyn have been added to the cast of Stone's Bush biopic.

Cromwell and Burstyn will play the current President's parents George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Bush respectively, while Banks will portray First Lady Laura Bush.

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24 March 2008 4:59 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Hollywood veteran Donald Sutherland was forced to turn down the chance of playing real life son Kiefer's fictional dad in hit TV show 24 - because he was too busy.

The actor was tied up working on new movie Fool's Gold when Kiefer approached him about the role, which ultimately went to Babe star James Cromwell.

However, "sad" Donald desperately tried to pave a way for him to portray the father of Kiefer's counter-terrorism agent Jack Bauer at a later date - by making a far-fetched plot proposal.

The 72-year-old - an avid viewer of the action series - says, "He asked me to play his father but I couldn't because I was doing (Fool's Gold). That was sad.

"When it turned out I couldn't do it, I said to Kiefer, 'Why don't you have it turn out that James is your stepfather? And then I come in..."

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