• 22 Apr 2009 at 2:20 PM

Casting Madoff

By Bess Levin

samf.pngYou have by now, no doubt, seen the Daily Beast’s take on Madoff: The Movie. Frankly, we think their casing is all wrong. Madoff seems much more Seinfeld’s Jason Alexander to us (though we love Sam Waterston as Noel). But we don’t want to impose our jaded views on you when it comes to Bernie entertainment. We are certain you can cast this thing better than The Beast or Dealbreaker. Have at it!
Madoff The Movie [The Daily Beast]

Comments (31)

  1. 1
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 2:23 PM

    EP, good call. The eyebrows need some work.

  2. 2
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 2:29 PM

    Jessica Walters as Ruth Madoff for obvious reasons

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 2:31 PM

    Casey Affleck and Scott Caan (i.e. the two brothers in the Ocean’s 11, 12 & 13) as the Madoff sons… Not sure about Bernie.

  4. 4
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 2:32 PM

    The starting line-up at Preakness for the Noel sisters.

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 2:35 PM

    Bill Murry as Bernie.

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 2:46 PM

    Daniel Craig as reporter who shoves Bernie.

  7. 7
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 2:50 PM

    I like Robert Loggia for Bernie

  8. 8
    Posted by blndebnker | April 22, 2009 at 3:04 PM

    @7 – “That’s ‘R’ as is ‘Hi,I’m Robert Loggia’, ‘O’ as in ‘Hi, I’m Obert Loggia’, ‘B’ as in ‘Hi, I’m Bert Loggia’, ‘E’ as in ‘Hi, I’m Ert Loggia’…”

  9. 9
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 3:18 PM

    Bernie Madoff = Dustin Hoffman, obviously.

  10. 10
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 3:21 PM

    http://thereformedbroker.com/2009/04/20/separated-at-birth-ponzi-edition/
    here are some ideas for ponzi casting

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 3:27 PM

    tom sizemore as madoff
    - tom sizemore

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 3:29 PM

    Judd Hirsch…

  13. 13
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 3:30 PM

    Why is it that nobody ever talks about me…?
    -Erin Burnette

  14. 14
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 3:32 PM

    Judd Hirsch…

  15. 15
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 3:35 PM

    #4. nice one Cyril.

  16. 16
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 3:36 PM

    Eu ainda vou comer as quatro vadias, filhas do Walter Noel. Se a Mamae e os Maridos quiserem assitir, eu ate deixo… A Bianca Haegler vai ficar para sobremesa…

  17. 17
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 3:39 PM

    Angelina Jolie as Erin Burnett. John Goodman as Mark Haines. Clive Owen as David Faber.

  18. 18
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 3:40 PM

    You people must all be blind, Wesley Snipes is the only one who can play Bernie Madoff.

  19. 19
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 3:40 PM

    Nestor Serrano for the part of Dick Fuld!

  20. 20
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 3:42 PM

    Hey 17 — help me out here, I’ve only been watching the telenovas for about a month and my habla Espanol isn’t habling all that well just yet.
    Or is that Portugese?

  21. 21
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 3:44 PM

    Mickey Rourke. He’s back, baby!

  22. 22
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 3:58 PM

    yo 21 – that’s Portuguese holmes, its a language the Noels understand..they understand they will get screwed back bigtime for all the troubles they caused and twice for good measure for posing as rich socialites and all their snobbery! Its easy to be an elitist poseur when Daddy is Bernie’s bag man isn’t it Marisa?

  23. 23
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 4:04 PM

    Dennis “The Beeper King” as Geithner

  24. 24
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 4:08 PM

    Crackle of Snap, Crackle, Pop as Geithner

  25. 25
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 4:10 PM

    Crackle of Snap, Crackle, Pop as Geithner

  26. 26
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 4:35 PM

    Bridget the Midget as Ruth Madoff
    Hamburgler as Bernie Madoff
    Hermey (Elf from Rudolf) as Gheitner, perhaps Deep Roy if you really want to creep the shit out of people.

  27. 27
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 4:36 PM

    while he lacks the star power of the other folks suggested here for Bernie, how about Brian Cox? He played the evil CIA boss who killed himself in the Bourne Supremacy.
    http://www.imdb.com/media/rm367237376/nm0004051

  28. 28
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 6:16 PM

    Charlie Gasparino should play Bernie. Who else?

  29. 29
    Posted by guest | April 22, 2009 at 6:58 PM

    Minni Me is available.

  30. 30
    Posted by guest | April 23, 2009 at 10:29 AM

    Obviously Bernie should be played by the Count from Sesame Street.
    http://tsfiles.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/the-count.jpg

  31. 31
    Posted by guest | April 23, 2009 at 3:20 PM

    Abe Vigoda!

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