Biden’s trajectory is a Shakespearean tragedy. Clooney can play the president | Sidney Blumenthal

George Clooney could star as Biden in a rich adaptation of the pathos, tragedy and triumph of the president's life in politics

George Clooney can now play Joe Biden in the movie. After he urged the president to quit the race, the penultimate scene became greater than any Hollywood ending. The actor, while the King of Hollywood, has not yet won an Oscar. This part, though, drawing on a range of classic genres, moving from pathos to tragedy to triumph, will challenge his dramatic skills as never before.

The curtain rises on Biden as Richard II, beleaguered and beset, facing his overthrow from within.

What must the king do now? Must he submit?

The king shall do it: must he be deposed?

Tis done - but yesterday a King

And arm'd with Kings to strive -