Sharon Stone tipped for Hillary movie role
Actress Sharon Stone was today tipped to play Hillary Clinton in a film about the former US First Lady.
Producers said the Basic Instinct star was favourite to portray former President Bill Clinton’s wife in the bio-pic about her time in the White House.
America’s A&E Network announced plans for the TV film after dramatic details of Mrs Clinton’s memoir were made public this week.
In it, she tells how she wanted to “wring Bill’s neck” after learning about his affair with 23-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
A&E’s chief programmer Robert DeBitetto said the film would be a “fair and balanced” personal history.
“We think it will make fantastic entertainment,” he told the New York Post.
“The story’s got all the elements – there’s humour, pathos, drama and topicality.”
The film will be based on Gail Sheehy’s best selling book, Hillary’s Choice. It is expected to be aired next year.
Mrs Clinton was elected to the US Senate for New York in 2000. She is expected to run for President in 2008.
