5 Presidents Who Deserve Their Own Film

4. Theodore Roosevelt

One of the most colorful personalities ever to grace the oval office, Teddy Roosevelt’s story would make for an excellently entertaining film.

He won a Nobel Peace Prize, was blinded in one eye during a boxing match while in office, and was shot right before giving a speech in Milwaukee, a speech he still gave! You’ve got the movie right there. But the focus doesn’t even have to be on his days in the White House. Show him in his rough-rider days, make an action movie out of it, but a historically accurate one. A presidential biopic turned cowboy movie is exactly what will send audiences to theaters in droves.

A fervent environmentalist and hunter, he was responsible for the creation of 5 national parks, 18 national monuments, and 150 national forests, Roosevelt certainly left a lasting impact on the country.

As for who could play Roosevelt, Tom Hardy would be an excellent choice. I know that he’s not American, but neither is Day-Lewis and look how that turned out. Hardy vaguely looks the part and has played diverse enough roles that taking on Teddy Roosevelt shouldn’t be too big of a challenge for him.

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