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Casting Call: Lilly Ledbetter

Nia Long has been in her share of questionable movies. We'd like to give her a mid-career break and cast her as Michelle Obama, a friend and supporter of Ledbetter.

 

Last time we cast President Obama, we chose lookalike Harry Lennix. This time we decided to take Michelle Obama and Hollywood's advice, and cast Will Smith. Yes, he's too young, but salt-and-pepper his hair and he might be able to pull it off—he is, after all, playing Obama at the beginning of his presidency before he started exponentially aging from the stress of being President. Another reason to cast Smith: he brings in the big bucks and we bet he'd take a pay cut to play such a juicy, prestigious role.  A biopic about an elderly Civil Rights activist might scream Oscar, but it does not scream box office gold. Sometimes you've got to pander to the masses to get your film off the ground.

 

Lily Tomlin is our top choice to play Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. They look similar and are both pretty awesome ladies.

 

Lilly Ledbetter did not always have her Hufflepuff-worthy alliterate name. Born Lilly McDaniel in 1938, Lilly married Charles Ledbetter and had two children, Victoria ("Vicky") and Phillip, before joining Goodyear. We'd like a strong, established actress to play Ledbetter from her 50s to her 70s. Perhaps Jamie Lee Curtis, with some help from the makeup department for Ledbetter's later years.

John McCain was not supporter of the Ledbetter Act. While he professed he was for "pay equity for women," he worried about the involvement of the government in private business. We nominate Robert Duvall to play the former Presidential candidate.

 

One of the five justices that voted against Ledbetter in Ledbetter vs. Goodyear was Antonin Scalia, the longest serving member of the Supreme Court. With a little bit of black hair-dye, Albert Finney could be great as Scalia.