The Front Runner
The full cast has been harbinger forThe Front Runner , the political comedy fromUp in the Airdirector Jason Reitmanstarring Hugh Jackmanas disgraced 1988 Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart . Vera Farmiga , J.K. Simmons , and Mike Judge are among the swelled names that have been sum to the hurl of the film base on a tangible - life scandal that sway the human race of government and convert the way the medium cover scandals .
Gary Hart was consider one of the front offset to win the popular presidential nomination and take on VP George H.W. Bush in the 1988 election until revelations about his affair with model Donna Rice strike the newspaper , correct off a firestorm of controversy that in the end sank Hart ’s candidacy and leave a lasting impression on the earthly concern of politics and media . Director Jason Reitman trace his filmThe Front Runneras " a political clowning about the consequence in our story when tabloid journalism and political journalism drove into the same lane . "
Related:Hugh Jackman Joins Jason Reitman Political Drama The Frontrunner
EWhas announced the full cast forThe Front Runner . Vera Farmiga headline the support cast as Gary Hart ’s wife Lee Hart , who stuck with her married man in malice of the sex dirt that torpedo his candidacy . Reitman fave J.K. Simmons will play Hart ’s effort coach Bill Dixon .
Other figure add to the cast include Mamoudou Athie asWashington Postreporter A.J. Parker , Silicon Valley ’s Big Head Josh Brener as Hart foreign policy advisor Doug Wilson , Justified ’s Kaitlyn Dever as Hart daughter Andrea Hart , Spencer Garrett as legendaryWashington Postreporter Bob Woodward , Ari Graynor asPostWhite House reporter Ann Devroy , Toby Huss as lobbyist Billy Broadhurst , Usual Suspectsactor Kevin Pollack asMiami Heraldpublisher Bob Martindale and Steve Zissis asHeraldreporter Tom Fiedler . Casual ’s Tommy Dewey , Molly Ephraim , Mark O’Brien , and Alex Karpovsky have snag role as members of Gary Hart ’s safari team .
King of the HillandSilicon Valleycreator Mike Judge will make a rarified live - action acting coming into court as Jim Savage , an investigation editor for theMiami Herald . The all - important part of Donna Rice , the model who caught Gary Hart ’s eye at a racing yacht party and before long get hold herself in the heart of what was up until then America ’s large political gender scandal , has been get hold of byMurder in the FirstandTwin Peaks : The Returnactress Sara Paxton .
The Hart scandal not only touch the 1988 presidential race , it also arguably gear up the stage for the Brobdingnagian tabloid narrative of the 1990s , including theO.J. Simpson caseand the Bill Clinton / Monica Lewinsky scandal . Jason Reitman has assembled quite a hurl forThe Front Runner , which is being described as a " wry ' seventy - era political movie . "
Next:The Greatest Showman Trailer Teases Hugh Jackman’s New Musical
Source : EW
