Elizabeth Banks On Playing Laura Bush In 'W': "It's All About" The "Republican Hair"

LA Times:

The Dish Rag recently caught up with Elizabeth Banks, who plays first lady Laura Bush in Oliver Stone's controversial new George W. Bush film, "W."

DR: What's the secret to playing a believable Republican first lady?

EB: "It's all about the hair. Hair speaks volumes about every politician's wife. And I think you'll be impressed with my version of Laura Bush's very Republican hair. I did meet Laura once, in 2003, long before I knew I'd be playing her."

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Comments

[awcbuddy8]

How are they going to get Satan's hair to more resemble Teresa Kerry's?

[philinmedford]

You guys crack me up!

FLOTUS is 62
Banks is 33

"she's way to hot to play her"
"the joker"
"scary eyes"

I don't know how old you people are, but if you are young....g­ot news for you, you'll look different when you get older.

I've got no idea what period of time this movie is taking place, but if it's in the 60's or something, banks probably resembles what FLOTUS looked like...if not stage makeup works wonders

[Ariadne]

The vacant stare is pretty critical too. Cindy McCain has got it down pat (nixon).

[Soothsayer08]

Look at Laura Bush's eyes. She looks really scary.

[OhComeOnNow]

Comes from all those years with W. You'd have a glazed expression, too.

[Melissa]

Michelle is the one who looks scary!

[DirtyDawg]

Harvo is absolutely correct. That picture - and maybe it's the one I've seen before - looks exactly like the Jack Nickolson version of The Joker. So how in blazes one could say Laura and Elizabeth look anything alike is beyond me.

[Chavez08]

Banks is WAAAAAYYYYY too hot to play Laura Bush.

[Harvo]

Doesn't laura look just like 'the joker' from the batman tv series ?

[whitewaterwillie]

I thought I was the only one who noticed a difference between repub and democratic women based on their hair style. Most of the repubs I know have a slightly ratted style with lots of hairspray that often comes across as a helmet head. Demos tend to be more casual.

[philinmedford]

?

Would you like to google the current speaker of the house and compare her hairstyle to the hairstyle of the current FLOTUS?

Just one example. Your statement makes little sense on so many levels

[wm1066]

The Speaker hasn't been a Democrat since before 2006.

[marilyn34]

I think you might want to look again.