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Looks like Lyndon Johnson


I was watching the movie 'Righteous Kill' (not a great film) and it occurred to me that De Niro bears an uncanny physical resemblance to Lyndon Johnson. It'd be great to see him take on the role sometime. I know Bryan Cranston played LBJ in 'All The Way' fairly recently and did a great job but I think De Niro looks the part a little more as well as being closer in build to LBJ than Cranston is. There's already at least two films about Johnson so there might not be a need for another one anytime soon but maybe De Niro could even play him as a supporting character in a film about JFK or the civil rights movement. I think if you got De Niro in a suit wearing thick glasses with his hair slicked back (cowboy hat optional) he'd be a dead ringer for Johnson.
Anyone else seeing this?

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Totally agree!

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