George Clooney to Star as Bill O'Reilly in 'Shut Up' Film?

"The Man Who Would Not Shut Up: The Rise of Bill O'Reilly," may be made into a film.  Marvin Kitman, a veteran television critic for Newsday, seeks to explain O’Reilly’s astonishing ascent in the book of the same name.  Kitman, who conducted numerous interviews with O’Reilly and his relatives, friends and co-workers, apparently wants George Clooney to play O'Reilly if there is a movie according to a report from Rush & Molloy.

George Clooney to Star as Bill O'Reilly in 'Shut Up' Film?

An odd choice?  It may be the only choice if a film like this was ever made.

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The New York Daily News notes that Clooney has said in the past that O'Reilly "mistakenly sees himself as Murrow." He also compared O'Reilly to redbaiting Sen. Joe McCarthy - unfavorably.

"Unlike McCarthy, O'Reilly was never elected to public office. What's more, Joe McCarthy was never accused of telling one of his female staff members she should use a vibrator" - one of the sex-harassment claims of a former Fox News staffer.

Uh-huh.

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Rush & Molloy noted that for his part, O'Reilly has said, "Many of the ideologues on the left - George Clooney, these people - all are underestimating the danger we are in."

"...They don't believe we're in the middle of World War III, they don't understand Islamic fascism and jihad." He also has said, "I don't recommend Clooney as a human being."

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Cue the reps™: 

O'Reilly yesterday refused to comment on the possibility of Clooney playing him. A spokeswoman said: "O'Reilly told us through executive producer David Tabacoff that he will have no comment on Marvin Kitman's book."

Clooney's spokesman, Stan Rosenfield, said: "I haven't been able to reach George. I just don't know if he'd want to do it. He has three movies coming up: 'Leatherheads,' which he's directing, 'White Jazz' and the Coen brothers movie."