Last night Conan announced an upcoming NBC “made for TV movie” about the current Iranian nuclear weapons crisis, and also revealed the casting lineup. Hopefully I won’t get these people confused in my coursework this semester…
Vladimir Putin will be played by Phil Collins
Jacques Chirac played by James Garner
Acting Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert played by Abe Vigoda
IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei played by Mr Spaceley
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad played by Ringo Starr
John Bolton played by a walrus
Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei played by ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons
Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing played by Gilbert Godfrey
Condoleeza Rice played by James Brown
Donald Rumsfeld played by Skeletor
George W. Bush played by Kevin Federline
Conan himself will also be starring in the movie, playing Finnish President Tarja Halonen.
What she has to do with the Iranian Crisis I have yet to discover…