Alec Baldwin may play a “Rob Ford–like mayor” on TV
Alec Baldwin may play a “Rob Ford–like mayor” on TV
Having decided not to retire from public life after all, Alec Baldwin is reportedly developing a new role that will allow him to get a little more mileage out of the gleefully sociopathic persona he honed on 30 Rock: Rob Ford. Or at any rate, a character very much like Rob Ford. According to Deadline Hollywood, Baldwin is working with NBC Productions on a pilot for a one-hour cable series in which he would play “a Rob Ford-type Mayor of New York City.” This could be Ford’s big chance to break out of live theatre.
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We’re all thinking it: only the late, great Chris Farley could come close to fully capturing Ford and presenting him in a way that makes us want to laugh instead of throwing up in our own mouths.
Lord knows Rob has been doing a lacklustre job with this character. Time to pass the torch.