
Newt Gingrich said this week that he thought Brad Pitt should play him in a movie. But the Daily Beast has taken this challenge far more seriously, and instead has broken down its Hollywood version of the 2012 Republican primaries. The Daily Beast's Michael Solomon casts his votes.

Mitt Romney and Bruce Campbell
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Newt Gingrich and Brad Leland
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Ron Paul and Ian McKellen
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Rick Santorum and Ed Helms
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Rick Perry and Josh Brolin
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Michele Bachmann and Courteney Cox
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Herman Cain and Ving Rhames
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Jon Huntsman and Billy Bob Thornton
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Tim Pawlenty and Steve Carell
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Donald Trump and Robert Redford
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CNN’s John King and Bill Maher
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FOX News’s Juan Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr.
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The Huntsman Girls and Wilson Phillips
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Marianne Gingrich and Allison Janney
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Callista Gingrich and Joan Rivers
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Saul Alinsky and Austin Pendleton
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Marcus Bachmann and Eric Stonestreet
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