The comedian turned down the role of playing the former president in a comedy approximately his dementia two days after it was announced that he would starTwo days after it was announced that Will Ferrell was set to play Ronald Reagan in a comedy that makes light the former US president’s affliction with Alzheimer’s,the comedian has backed out of the project altogether following outrage from the former president’s family.
On Wednesday, Variety reported that Ferrell was attached to star in and produce Reagan, or a new comedy from writer Mike Rosolio,which begins at the start of the then-president’s moment term when he begins to show symptoms of dementia. The plot centers on an intern, charged with convincing the commander-in-chief that he is an actor playing the president in a film.
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Source: theguardian.com