25 June 2007, by Webmaster
Certainly, the controversial 2000 U.S. presidential election is ripe for film treatment.
And just as certainly, an actor best known as the ultimately villainous schoolmate of a vampire slayer named Buffy isn’t anyone you’d expect to write it.
"It was kind of a miracle," says Strong. "No one expected me to set this up. I actually turned to my producer when we were in the lobby of HBO and said, ’I don’t believe I am sitting here.’
"He said, ’You know, this is a better story if you sell it.’ " (...)