Atlas Shrugged Miniseries on the Way, Tentatively

I like the idea of Angelina Jolie better than Charlize Theron to play Dagny Taggart. Jolie has the masculine qualities that make Taggart's version of a feminist so intriguing. I know Theron can do "gritty" but Jolie, trust me, is Dagny Taggart.

Casting this thing would be a riot.

Francisco D'Anconia: Banderas? His age and regal bearing could work.

Galt?

Henry Rearden?

James Taggart?

Dannejeskold?

Richard Halley?

I think Theron has far more range and can muster very different resonances in her performance. It's not about being masculine, it's about a woman who's an engineer (a big a reality shift for an actress like Jolie), who's more interested in her work than her own femininity. Jolie excelled in her early druggie-sociopath roles but has never really shined beyond that. Theron is a higher caliber actor, like Blanchett I think she can catch character nuances like few American actors can. Jolie tends to get roles these days in part bc of who she sleeps with. Theron gets roles bc of her abilities.