0Skip Gates: The MovieWho would play the Harvard professor and the Cambridge cop in the Hollywood version of their story? The Daily Beast heads to the casting couch.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 2:38PM EDT / Published Jul. 28, 2009 4:19PM EDT Gretchen Ertl / AP Photo; Andrew H. Walker / Getty Images Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Jeffrey Wright)Gretchen Ertl / AP Photo; Andrew H. Walker / Getty Images Sgt. James Crowley (Tim Blake Nelson)Robert Spencer / Getty Images; Luis Martinez / AP Photo Sgt. Leon Lashley (Michael Clarke Duncan)Elise Amendola / AP Photo; Vince Bucci / Getty Images Gates Attorney Charles Ogletree (Richard Roundtree)Tim Sloan, AFP / Getty Images; Stephen Shugerman / Getty Images Robert Gibbs (Donal Logue)Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images; Paul Drinkwater / AP Photo 911 Caller Attorney Wendy Murphy (Megan Mullally)L: Jennifer Graylock / AP Photo Barack Obama (Will Smith)Charles Dharapak / AP Photo; Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images Peacemaking Beer (Blue Moon Beer)R: Scott Olson / Getty Images
Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Jeffrey Wright)Gretchen Ertl / AP Photo; Andrew H. Walker / Getty Images Sgt. James Crowley (Tim Blake Nelson)Robert Spencer / Getty Images; Luis Martinez / AP Photo Sgt. Leon Lashley (Michael Clarke Duncan)Elise Amendola / AP Photo; Vince Bucci / Getty Images Gates Attorney Charles Ogletree (Richard Roundtree)Tim Sloan, AFP / Getty Images; Stephen Shugerman / Getty Images Robert Gibbs (Donal Logue)Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images; Paul Drinkwater / AP Photo 911 Caller Attorney Wendy Murphy (Megan Mullally)L: Jennifer Graylock / AP Photo Barack Obama (Will Smith)Charles Dharapak / AP Photo; Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images Peacemaking Beer (Blue Moon Beer)R: Scott Olson / Getty Images