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who would play him in a biopic?


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Whoopie Goldberg.

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that wouldn't work

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Sure it would in todays inclusive and diverse world. She’d have to be given the chance to audition due to EEO and since she is black and female she’d be picked to check a few boxes

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In all seriousness though, probably David James Elliot.

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not a bad choice. a bit too old now.

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Matthew McFadyen

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there is a resemblance.

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Idris Elba
Denzel Washington

Come to think of, why does it have to be a man??
Rose McGowan
Jennifer Lawrence

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Nah John Wayne was conservative to Woke Hollywood that means he is a bad guy. And bad guys are white males.

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Eliott Page. White and so obviously male.

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Actual LOL.

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George Clooney? Tom Hanks?

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i don't see the resemblance.

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There isn't a resemblance, but they are both good actors and could play him fairly well, even though they don't look much like him.

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There's no resemblance between Hanks and Walt Disney, and he did his "Disney" voice as if he'd never watched and listened to any of the hundreds of intros Disney filmed for the stories on his tv series. That didn't stop him from playing Disney.

As far as Clooney is concerned, there's also zero resemblance, in addition to the fact that having Clooney play John Wayne would be like taking a shit on the church floor on Sunday morning.

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Jennifer Lawrence is kind of perfect.

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Channing Tatum

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I can see this happening

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It would probably be an unknown who has some resemblance to him and can copy his behaviour. The few actors I can think of that might be able to do it are also very muscular so wouldn't quite work physically speaking.

Chris Hemsworth could maybe pull it off.

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John Wayne was played by David James Elliott in "Trumbo," (2015)
about the Hollywood blacklist.

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He was in enough films for A.I. to completely reanimate him.

Yes.. it is abhorrent, but the A.I. tool will soon be ubiquitous, everyone will be able to do it, just by asking.

I don't see how they could stop it even with guardrails (laws) passed forbidding it. Even then it would be like President Clinton said "Like trying nail Jello to the wall"

Might as well let Hollywood do it professionally/tastefully.

Star Trek:TNG reanimated several notable historical figures with A.I. in their "holodeck"

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He was in enough films for Hollywood to completely reanimate him.

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It wasnt with AI, but CGI technology was used to insert Wayne, years after his death, into a beer commercial using footage from the WW2 movie Cast a Giant Shadow.

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Ugggh...It is easy to see where JW would. disapprove of that.

On the other hand... interaction with a holodeck A.I. John Wayne character that best approximates him would be something that most film buffs would do if given a chance.

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