Gary Ross Went To The White House Correspondents’ Dinner To Get All Those Political Cameos
There are an insane number of cameos littered throughout Dave, from the worlds of both both show business and politics, that give the movie a larger than life yet realistic depiction of Washington, D.C. The story of how United States Senators like Chris Dodd, Paul Simon, and several others, as well as Judge Abner J. Mikva and former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill came to be featured in the 1993 comedy is a pretty great story. In Variety’s 25th anniversary story on the movie, Gary Ross revealed that director Ivan Reitman sent him on an expedition of sorts, stating: