The Playlist: Lee Daniels Thought About Putting Barack Obama In 'The Butler' & Casting Oprah Winfrey As A Serial Killer

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Lee Daniels Thought About Putting Barack Obama In 'The Butler' & Casting Oprah Winfrey As A Serial Killer Aug 19th 2013, 20:47, by Kevin Jagernauth While Lee Daniels hasn't been shy about his expressing his feelings that "The Butler" represents of something of a compromise of his vision in order to deliver a PG-13 cut to theaters, that's not to say the director doesn't continue to think far outside the usual box. And in an interview the New York Times, the filmmaker reveals that he was toying with the idea of taking his movie — which spans decades of American history, and includes appearances by President Nixon, JFK and Ronald Reagan — and telling the story right up to the present day. "Initially, the script had Obama in it, but I thought that would have been overkill. And we didn't even know whether we could get him," Daniels admits. "He was doing a campaign, and if they had heard he was doing a movie in the middle of a campaign — God knows. I was tempted to call Oprah to call the president, but I couldn't bring myself to ask her." And while that may seem like a long shot idea, Daniels is nothing if not driven, and he had... Media files: lee-daniels-the-butler.jpg (image/jpeg)

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