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Bush in the biopic W., directed by Oliver Stone. That year he also had a lead role in Gus Van Sant’s biographical drama Milk (2008). Brolin was cast as San Francisco politician Dan White, who assassinated Mayor George Moscone (Victor Garber) and Harvey Milk (Sean Penn), a gay-rights activist…

…Barbara Bush in Oliver Stone’s W. (2008). In 2014 she played the grown daughter of a spaceship pilot in the big-screen drama Interstellar. Burstyn’s later credits included Lucy in the Sky (2019), Pieces of a Woman (2020), and Queen Bees (2021).

W. (2008), his biopic of Pres. George W. Bush, drew ire from both extremes of the political spectrum for its refusal to pass definitive judgment, positive or negative, on its subject. Stone later directed Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), a sequel to the 1987…

…of The Poseidon Adventure (1972); W., Oliver Stone’s biopic of Pres. George W. Bush in which Dreyfuss starred as Vice Pres. Dick Cheney; and the romantic comedy My Life in Ruins (2009). He then stole scenes as a Jewish drug mogul in the comedy-thriller Leaves of Grass (2009). In 2010…

…of State Colin Powell in W. (2008), Oliver Stone’s biopic about Pres. George W. Bush. Wright reprised his role as Felix Leiter in the 2008 Bond movie Quantum of Solace.

…Donald Evans in Oliver Stone’s W. (2008). He also starred in a trilogy of television movies in the Librarian franchise (2004, 2006, and 2008), as the brainy adventurer Flynn Carsen.