Casting the mini/maxi-series

Starring

• Russell Crowe as Mark Latham – He can throw a telephone, an election result and a set of diaries. One Aussie larikin plays another.


• John Goodman as Kim Beazley –Played Fred Flinstone and now he’s playing the ALP’s archaic leader.


• Anthony Hopkins as John Howard – He’s played Richard Nixon and Adolf Hitler which makes him ideally suited to playing our beloved PM.


• Alan Rickman as Peter Costello – Alan’s role as Servus Snape in Harry Potter makes him perfectly suited for playing the increasingly bitter and twisted Treasurer who will soon be taking up a new role as the Minister for Minties.


• Rupert Everatt as Alexander Downer – This could become be a key role if the PM leaves office after the next election. Rupert has been practicing for this important part by wearing fishnet stockings and mincing in public.


• Daniel Radcliffe as Kevin Rudd –Daniel will play the man who is going to wave his wand and slay the evil John Howard, whist at the same time solving world poverty, reducing global warming and stopping small furry animals becoming road kill all before lunch!


• Bob Hoskins as Simon Crean – A winging pom plays a winging Aussie. This role can also be played by Phil Collins


• Judy Davis as Julia Gillard – Judy brings an intensity to a story of a woman torn between her loyalty to Mark and her dream of becoming Australia’s first female PM (fat chance).


• Robert Deniro as Tony Abbott – Who else could take the role of the man angry at being left out of the IR reform and keen to seek revenge on Mark Latham for his jibes in parliament.


• Mick Jagger and Keith Richards as Wayne Swan and Stephen Smith – The original glimmer twins demonstrate that even aging rock stars with few brain cells left can manage Labor’s policy platform better than these two.


• Tom Cruise as Dr Brenden Nelson – Tom’s always loved the sound of his own voice so he’s perfect for playing Dr Ego. It also should be noted that the Minister got his education on the lamb and Tom is always being invited to dinner.


• Cathy Bates as Amanda Vanstone – Watch Cathy as she brings life to Amanda’s ability to make refugees lives a misery by not letting them gain permanent residency and forcing them to read Mark’s diaries.

Special Guest Appearances

• Ralph Fiennes as Paul Keating – If he can play Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter then he’s the perfect man to play the PM we had to have.


• Gough Whitlam as himself – Gough’s decided that he wants to move on from doing Leggos commercials and lets face it nobody plays Gough like Gough.


• Bob Hawke as himself – He told everyone in the ALP that Mark was no good and now he gets to do it all over again in a special feature lengthed episode.


• Professor David Flint as the Queen – For The former ACA chairman and monarchist this is a dream role. He's also keen to try on the dress.


• Kevin Costner as Bob Brown – Instead of dancing with wolves this time Kevin will be dancing with wombats


• Patrick Stewart as Peter Garrett – To boldly go where no other former rock star, former head of the Australian Conservation Foundation and anti nuclear protester has gone before (absolutely nowhere) and join the ALP.