Will Smith is America's Sweetheart, the actor "we can believe in," even if he gets on people's nerves sometimes. That's probably why Barack Obama said he would want the erstwhile Fresh Prince to play him in a movie. Of course, the Obama-supporting Smith told Stephen Colbert he was waiting for him to "finish writing the story" first. Get it? Anyway, with Will Smith getting top billing, I took it upon myself to cast the rest of the Election '08 story, which I can totally see actually getting made at some point in the near-ish future. Let me know your casting choices in the comments.

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Casting biopics is hard enough, I'm sure. But it's particularly hard when they biopic is about contemporary people who are (mostly ) still alive. For example, Oliver Stone has been busy casting his George W. Bush film, W — it looks like Thandie Newton will be playing Condi Rice. And look at all the trouble producers went through to find the perfect Biggie (Jamal Woolard) for the new film, Notorious, for which they also had to cast a pre-op Lil Kim (Naturi Naughton), Puff Daddy before he was Diddy (Derek Luke), and Voletta Wallace (Angela Bassett).

So it got me thinking about today's celebs, and who would star in a movie about their lives if it were made today. Of course, my mind naturally swayed to Jay-Z (it would be a natural spin-off of Notorious) and Beyonce's saga. Check out my picks after the jump. Let me know yours!

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