As part of the year-end round-up news cycle, Page Six made a video of fantasy casting ideas for hypothetical movies about this year’s biggest news stories.
It’s a funny concept, though readers were dismayed by the photo they used to promote in on Twitter — a bizarre face-swap of Hillary Clinton wearing the face of Glenn Close.
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Can you imagine @theglennclose playing @hillaryclinton in a movie? We can https://t.co/qu3YhQV5gy pic.twitter.com/I2IMmAS6aA
— Page Six (@PageSix) December 30, 2017
Of course, Twitter users eschewed the fantasy casting concept in favor of roasting Page Six’s Photoshop skills instead.
“Quick,” tweeted one user, “somebody mock up what it would look like if Hillary Clinton and Glenn Close had a baby who was a chimney sweep.”
Quick, somebody mock up what it would look like if Hillary Clinton and Glenn Close had a baby who was a chimney sweep.
— Patrick Delaney (@patrickfdelaney) December 30, 2017
Other responses were just as brutal, though the mash-up did seem to remind people of various characters from TV and movies.
— Daniel Kibblesmith ⛄️⚔️🦖 (@kibblesmith) December 30, 2017
@ConnerGuyer why. pic.twitter.com/guwW1wgoRA
— Lil Suzi Vert (@LRels) December 30, 2017
— James Crugnale (@jamescrugnale) December 30, 2017
in the responses, little reference was made to the actual video Page Six was linking to, which featured many other face-swapped celebrities.
The video imagines a movie adaptation of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, with Jonah Hill playing the central role. They also consider Kristen Stewart for the part of Rose McGowan, and Taylor Swift as Ashley Judd.
Can you imagine Glenn Close playing Hillary Clinton playing me in a movie about me sitting on my couch? I can. pic.twitter.com/y98L1pFiqo
— Big Wave Dave (@MorelandPrint) December 30, 2017
Glenn was pretty amazing in ‘101 Dalmatians’ pic.twitter.com/C6Tmi7gtXQ
— Lights, Camera, Podcast (@LightsCameraPod) December 30, 2017
Art Director: “I’ll be out on vacation next week. Anything you need before I go?”
Editor: “Nah, Todd in front-end dev said he has Photoshop, so we’ll be covered.”https://t.co/5l9sWMykfT
— pollyd (@TheDesignerd) December 30, 2017