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Here’s the First Look at Jane Fonda as Nancy Reagan

Sep. 12, 2012 8:24am Madeleine Morgenstern

Jane Fonda and Alan Rickman as Nancy and Ronald Reagan. (Image source: Deadline Hollywood.)

We now have the first look at actress Jane Fonda as Nancy Reagan, along with Alan Rickman as the Gipper for the upcoming film “The Butler.”

The film is a historical drama based on a Washington Post article about longtime White House servant Eugene Allen, who served eight presidents from Harry Truman through Ronald Reagan.

The announcement of Fonda’s casting raised eyebrows back in March about the well-known liberal activist portraying the iconic former first lady. Fonda wrote on her website last month of how proud she was to playing her, and saying she knows Nancy Reagan herself is “pleased” about it.

“I’m excited about this. I feel very ready to take her on… I know that she (Nancy) is pleased that I am playing her. I know this because a friend of mine, writer Annette Tapert, was at a party given for her… birthday. I asked Annette to tell Ms Reagan I was honoured to be playing her,” Fonda wrote.

The photo emerged Tuesday when Oprah Winfrey, who is acting in the film as Allen’s wife, posted it on Twitter. Pictured on the left is director Lee Daniels.

Heres the First Photo of Jane Fonda as Nancy Reagan | Alan Rickman Ronald Reagan | The Butler

Image source: @Oprah

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BehindBlueEyes
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:56am
Tinseltown commies at it again. I’m sure there is more to come before the elections. Its peddle to the metal for the commies in the race to complete the fundamental transformation of America.
If we don’t stop them now its over for America.
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- watersRpeople
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 9:07am
  Well why not? As Reagan lulled the greedy money loving American people to sleep with more money and lower taxes – yet increased national debt – Communism in the U.S and world flourished. Reagan turned the world pink – why shouldn’t a Commie play his wife in a movie?
  
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- watersRpeople
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 9:24am
  You see you don’t look at things correctly in that Capitalism and Communism are actually brothers of each other, and when one benefits so does the other, because people in general are stupid not looking at things in a larger time frame.
  
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- starman70
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 9:28am
  DON’T SPEND YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY TO SEE THIS FILM!!!! For Hollywierd to cast a traitor to her country in the role of one of the most gracious and becoming first ladies is absolutely DISGUSTING!
  They might as well cast Jeremiah Wright as Ronald Reagan.
  
  THE HOLLYWIERD COMMUNIST PARTY IS ALIVE AND WELL!!!!
  
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- mersey
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 9:57am
  Let’s see, I can put this one my list of films not to waste my money on. That list is getting really long now.
  
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- Detroit paperboy
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 10:04am
  Treasonous Traitor………PERIOD.
  
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- Lotus503
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 10:13am
  What an insult to Nancy…
  
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- CatB
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 10:14am
  I don’t watch ANYTHING with Fonda .. or most of the other people in Hollyweird .. commies ….
  
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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 10:16am
  Halloween come early because that is sommmmmme scary!
  
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- johnjamison
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 10:51am
  I’ld never watch anything with hanio jane in it. The fact that they used her to play nancy is a bigger insult to conservative than depicting mohammed is to islamist.
  
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- DIR
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 11:39am
  I don’t know why Oprah didn’t play Nancy, Fonda and Oprah both look about as much like Nancy as Richman looks like Reagan. In fact Richman looks more like Alec Baldwin. At first I though it was Baldwin and his new wife, confusing Oprah for her. Then when I focused, I noticed Fonda with a really goofy, but fitting hairdo. I guess she’s suppose to look like Nancy. The production company must of had a low budget makeup crew. She looks more like a horse’s a$$, literally, caught in head lights. After all is said and done, it looks like they’re made up for a Saturday Night live comedy skit. Of course Fonda is all serious trying to be in character while doing a really bad impression of herself pretending to be Nancy Reagan. I’m sure the film will be a real crowd pleaser, for the 4 or 5 viewers it attracts. If you dare to go see it, take a can of industrial strength Febreze and a Mad magazine, you won’t be sorry you did.
  
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- Bill Rowland
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 1:06pm
  As a Vietnam Vet who had the privilage of meeting some of the POWs who were tortured so that they could appear with her in her propoanda films I am sickened by this choice. I have made it a policy to never spend money on a film she is in and this one will be no different. Please do not see the film as every ticket puts money in Hanoi Janes pocket.
  
  OMG Nov 6,2012
  
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- Drives Like Jehu
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 4:50pm
  Now I could see hanoi jane being cast as ron reagan (the ballerina).
  
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- RWCT
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 7:29pm
  Maybe they will show flashbacks with Jane sitting on a gun turret in North Vietnam, vilfying American soldiers, as McCain was being treated to Ho Chi’s HOSPITALITY at the Hanoi Hilton!
  BETCHA this movie will be a WINNER! NOT!
  
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- Working
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:00pm
  @Watersrpeople, I don’t know what you are smoking but communism and capitalism are so far apart. They are no where near close to brothers. Communism is responsible for tens of millions if not hundreds of millions of death in the world throughout history while capitalism has created more wealth and prosperity. I can’t expect a liberal like you to even know this
  
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- georgeMo13
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 10:26pm
  Hanoi Jane will never be anything but a traitor. Let her go play with her money, support abortion, and socialism/communism. No respect from here. Nor will I worry about the liberal idiots who support her. Liberalism is evil.
  
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- seresmary
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 11:14pm
  What an insult to Nancy Reagan and President Ronald Reagan as well. The only thing that could make it worse is if they had got Patti Reagan to play the part… how utterly insulting to their legacy.
  Anything for a buck. Marys, CA
  
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- votsbh
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 11:55pm
  You are right. What a disgrace to bastardise iconic personalities in our history.
  Reagan family is entitled to sue them for defamation of patriotic figures.
  Hanoi Jane and fat Allen are total misfits for the roles as well as passe Hollywood trash.
  Don’t pay attention to Waters dude below. He forgot his meds today and will spew out
  some senseless rants.
  
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- UPSETVET
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 1:07pm
  As a USMC Vietnam veteran I won’t be seeing the movie. Jane Fonda, the “Hanoi Whore,” being cast in the role of Nancy Reagan is like casting a mule in the role of Seabiscuit, or Pee Wee Herman as Rocky Balboa. It’s disgusting, to say the least. But, that’s what we expect from a liberal /communist Hollywood?
  
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Zeke48
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:55am
BOYCOTT this movie. Hollywood sticks it up ours again. this is the biggest insult yet. I’ll never watch it, and all Americans should send these fools a message. BOYCOTT this movie, and tell everyone you know! Screw Jane the COMMIE

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- GlennaBeckski
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 9:36am
  JANE FONDA PLAYING NANCY REAGAN = OXYMORON
  
  This is hollywood propaganda which is equivilent to muslim’s wanting a mosque at Ground Zero.
  
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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 10:24am
  Ah! My eyes! Ah! It burns!
  Oprah and Fonda representing the Reagans?
  
  Whose directing, the Glee queen?
  
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- flatbroke
  Posted on April 11, 2013 at 2:59pm
  I will not be seeing this movie, and i hope the vets give her hell.
  
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Susie
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:55am
Jane Fonda !!!!!!
I remember seeing her on TV in Hanoi. She was an insult to everything good then and she still is.
Nothing good will come of this either.

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- mensa141
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 11:23am
  The woman is a disgrace to her own skin.
  
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- vanman4446
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 7:21pm
  Don’t spend your money to watch this commie bitch
  
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nzkiwi
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:54am
I have never felt particularly moved by various political boycotts but I have always made an exception in Fonda’s case.

As a matter of principle I refuse to watch anything with which Fonda is associated, and while I remain a great admirer of Mr Reagan’s, I will not be watching this movie.

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- bekhiet
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:58am
  Seriously, they couldn’t come up with any other actress? She looks good in the part, but she is so opposite of Nancy R. I wonder how Nancy feels about this?
  
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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 9:04am
  I will have nothing to do with watching of this production; Fonda is a traitor to the nation for her actions in Vietnam. Instead of being in Hollywood she should be in jail for the remainder of her life.
  
  To this day I still see members of all generations of the armed forces walk off when pictures of Jane are showing on TV or are in magazines; I definitely understand their motivation. At a yard sale where I live for the apartment tenants, one ex army officer purchased all the Jane Fonda VCR tapes he could find and took them to the dumpster across the street – and threw them in after cutting each of the tapes in the cassettes.
  
  I gave him a thumbs up for that.
  
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- dtrent387
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 9:05am
  I agree totally. I also refuse to watch anything with her in it. What she did in Vietnam should be considered treason in my opinion and as for the movie I don’t think they could have picked anybody worse to play Nancy Reagan.
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 10:56am
  The last movie I saw of her’s was Barbarella (spelling?).
  
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- stablepar
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 11:13am
  hanoi jane?????what a waste
  
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Disabledvet
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:53am
NOT a chance in He77 I will see this, Hanoi Jane just ruined what ever chance the movie had of making it. Vetereans tell your family and anyone you know that it would be a direct slap in your face and everyother veterans face to see this movie with her in it.

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- jwpowers41
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 9:57am
  She should been tried for treason and hanged
  
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Tickdog
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:51am
disgusting.

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lewbrown
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:49am
Hanoi Jane as Nancy Reagan, what a joke. Till the day I die she will not be in any movie in my house. If the producer of this movie was looking for a tax write-off he found it.

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- PaBowHunter
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:52am
  I agree brother. I wouldn’t watch any movie with that traitorous piece of garbage, but I MOST certainly will not ever watch this movie. Fonda was intentionally chosen as a slap in the face of all conservatives and specifically those who were fond of the Reagan’s.
  
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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 9:06am
  Agreed – unless its to put the film on the bonfire or be crushed by a steamroller; thrown into a shredder or trash compactor…
  
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pfarm
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:48am
No see for me.

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Tri-ox
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:45am
Hanoi Jane is a sworn enemy of the United States – she will do anything to insult and damage the Reagans and America – she belongs in prison, or worse, for her crimes against this nation. Is it any surprise that she is a hard-core obama supporter?

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- starman70
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 10:16am
  How about a platform with 13 steps to reach it, and a noose and a trap door at the top. Hanoi Jane is an out and out TRAITOR to this country.
  
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RaydocX
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:43am
Sean hannity is a more likely president Obama
But our outrage is what they are banking on, so I will not bother mentioning this to anyone else.

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Gonzo
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:43am
I see the left is busy rewriting history again.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:49am
  Yep, I get the feeling that it will be more like HBO’s “Game Change” than anything historical.
  
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Shamrock241
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:43am
I have no proof but in my opinion this was a purposeful SLAP in the face to all Conservative’s. Send a message to Hollywood and do not pay money to watch this film, Show them when they cast Far Left Radical’s to play Conservative’s there will be no profit’s. We all know what a great man and President, Reagan was so we do not need to watch some liberal’s revisionist history story of Lies.

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- copatriots
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 9:06am
  Agreed but Hollyweird could care less about being profitable anymore. If they happen to make money, well that’s just an added bonus. It’s all about propaganda now.
  
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blackfeather
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:43am
…I will not…..go see this traitor bi-tch as Nancy Reagan…who the hell chose her to be this character???

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:54am
  I’m going to have to see if there are any more of those Hanoi Jane urinal targets are still around.
  Yep, looks like there are plenty of sites that still have them.
  http://jlynn.me/store/
  
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- Dr Vel
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 6:32pm
  Great link to the urinal targets. However they need to make Hanoi Jane urinal cakes as well. Instead of a fresh scent every time her face is watered the cakes can be scented with the rotting fish in S. Ca., perfect match.
  
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Eastinfection
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:42am
Just say NO!

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biohazard23
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:41am
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot??

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- Gorp
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:55am
  Yes!
  
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N37BU6
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:39am
Eww.

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KangarooJack
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:39am
Hanoi Jane as Nancy Reagan??? Hollyweird knows no bounds does it?

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momrules
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:37am
Of course I won’t see this film since I have actively boycotted Jane Fonda for most of my life. Her love affair with our enemies in Viet Nam, her betrayal of our soldiers and America during that era should have landed the traitorous rear end in prison.

That said, I cannot believe she was chosen to impersonate Nancy Reagan, even in a movie.

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susie4dy
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:35am
This just wrong! To insult Nancy like this!

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progressiveslayer
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:35am
Hanoi Jane should have been executed for treason back in the 60′s,her actions resulted in the executions of some of our pow’s.

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GodFearingMama
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:29am
My Vietnam veteran father never allowed that treasonous whore on our television..I know all the vet clubs around here place a sticker with her image in their urinals Lol

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- Gorp
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:33am
  Once a traitor, always a traitor!
  
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- huey6367
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:36am
  I wouldn’t even piss on that useless pile of flesh. Her as Nancy Reagan? That is a joke. She is the furthest thing from Nancy Reagan. Closer to Moochelle.
  
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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:43am
  That piece of cow – excause me – pig crap to even play a lady is
  the lowest form of ridiculousness to exist.
  My fondest memory of that pig is her sitting on a Vietcong anti aircraft
  gun smiling with the enemy. The shame is she is still around
  
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13th Imam
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:29am
Who’s the fat chick playing Oprah?

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- 00gabooga
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:36am
  It’s Gabourey Sidibe. She had to put on a few pounds for the part!
  
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EqualJustice
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:29am
JANE FONDA!!!!! How insulting. Who the heck chose that LOSER to play someone with such grace? I won’t watch that film and ruin my image of a great first lady.

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- copatriots
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:42am
  It’s just another slap in the face to America…courtesy of Hollyweird.
  
  We deserve it though for blindly supporting their crap for decades.
  
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- huey6367
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 9:34am
  I don’t deserve that but I don’t support their crap (see the so-called movies)
  
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- copatriots
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 10:10am
  Nor do I, HUEY. I meant societally.
  
  We are entertainment-crazed culture. The fact that top actors earn what they do to play a part in a movie is a sad reflection of the times we are living in.
  
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- Palrak
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 6:36pm
  @ Equaljustice, neither will I!
  
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:29am
Barf.

Maybe the left would enjoy Rush Limbaugh playing FDR. What an insult to the Reagans.

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- CATSUEY
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:40am
  Or…….Beck as Woodrow Wilson…….
  
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- floridareader
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 9:11am
  Sometimes one don’t have words to express so much frustration. This is an insult to a living Lady that will be in a special niche of American history. I hope she is not being disturbed with news about traitor Jane trying to wear her shoes and in doing so insulting the memory of our Ronald Reagan, the great commander in chief.
  
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Gorp
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:28am
OH FREAKIN’ BOY! Hanoi Jane as Nancy Regan. How fitting. NOT!

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- Palrak
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 6:35pm
  It’s in the worst possible taste imaginable. Hanoi Jane playing a classy Nancy Reagan–and she has the audacity to think Nancy would approve. I won’t be seeing that movie.
  
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- petitegirl
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 1:06pm
  Viet Nam vets aren’t too fonda jane.
  
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