Meet Donald Trump

The Justin's hair: great as is

Justin Louis, 38, has been cast as Donald Trump, or as the ABC press release refers to him, "legendary developer Donald Trump," in a TV movie that begins filming in Toronto on Monday.

Louis, as you know (at least if you visited Louis' IMDB page to check up on the Canadian actor), appeared in the Dawn of the Dead remake. He was also in the mini-series J.F.K.: Reckless Youth, and has had a plethora of other film and TV roles. He played characters with actual names on the vast majority of them, including a recurring role on 24. There is still something weird about Trump being played by someone who has played both "Cocaine Dealer" and "Boyfriend/Stalker."

Executive producer Barbara Lieberman says Trump had "the most gorgeous hair as a young man." So gorgeous, in fact, that before casting the folically-blessed Louis, "we thought we would have to use a wig." The movie covers the 70s to the early 90s -- or the good hair years, as far as Lieberman is concerned.

The movie is based on based on Gwenda Blair's biography, Donald Trump: Master Apprentice but the working title is "Ambition," probably in part because someone at ABC noticed that Master Apprentice is a terrible title. There might have been trademark concerns as well. Ambition isn't a great title either, though. Hmm ...

You're Fired -- too obvious.
The Marrying Man -- taken by an Alec Baldwin movie.
Greed is Good -- too obvious a rip-off of another movie. Can all the good ideas be taken? Yeah, probably
At the End of the Day -- Lovely and poetic which makes it too highbrow as a movie title to appeal to some people.
Step Up to the Plate -- Sounds like the story of Jamie Oliver taking on the problem of low-quality school lunches in Britain .
Meglomania! -- Sounds like a board game -- still kinda cool.
Trump: the Biopic -- sounds official, so it's misleading. Still kinda cool.

When the movie was announced, Trump said Cary Grant (if he was alive) should play him. He will likely make his feelings known about Louis and about the movie in general. Not a shy guy, that Trump. Hope this Louis fellow can capture that. It takes more than stunning hair to play Trump.