You’ve played quite a few real-life people now. Would you like to play Hillary Clinton in the movie of her life?
No. I’ve been around her and don’t find her… At this point, to say after what’s happened to her campaign and how they squandered all that money and all the different reasons her campaign fell apart, to blame it on sexism, I find so destructive to every young girl who dreams about making a difference through government. Instead of saying, "Look how far I’ve gotten and you can do it too," and all the positive things she could have done, she’s turned into such a blamer and whiner, as if that was the reason, when clearly she wouldn’t have been in the position she was in if she hadn’t been a woman.

If she hadn’t been married to that man and hadn’t had the Democratic machine behind her. To now turn around and say it was sexism I find so dishonorable and really destructive to women all over, young women all over. So I don’t really respect her enough to want to play her, and I find it sad and disappointing.

And now the most pressing question of all: What are your thoughts on the upcoming MTV remake of Rocky Horror?
They haven’t talked to me about their plans, so I don’t know what their rationale is to do it again. I really don’t know anything about it. I don’t quite understand what they would do to make it more charming or interesting. Certainly people could sing better than I could — that could be something that could change. But part of the charm of it, I thought, was that it was done sort of low-budget. So unless it’s done huge and very different I don’t know the point of remaking it.

Perhaps Sarandon is missing an opportunity to conflate both ideas: a Rocky Horror remake in which a garter-clad Barack Obama resurrects Hillary Clinton (wearing a gold lamé pantsuit) could be just the topical spin the property needs! With Sarandon as Clinton, LL Cool J as Barack Obama, and Rihanna and Chris Brown as young lovers Janet and Brad, we smell a midnight movie classic that could last from November 5 to all eternity.

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• Doris's Day [The Advocate]

Lou Adler, exec producer of the original film, is partnering with BermanBraun and Fox Television Studios on the new rendition. Two-hour remake will use the original screenplay by Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien but may also include music not featured in the original.
"I'd like to see it shown a year from this coming Halloween, but that's up to MTV," Adler said.

Our casting ideas after the jump!

Keeping mindful of MTV's youth-skewed, pop-star-friendly demographic, we did some brainstorming and came up with the following suggestions for all the principal roles. No need to thank us; we do it only for the joy it brings you, in addition to our regular industry-standard casting fees and contingencies, due in full upon delivery.

Frank N Furter: Seth Green. Excels at every genre; has the drag and dismemberment experience from Disco Bloodbath.
Brad: Zac Efron. Kind or a no-brainer. Just give him a pair of Buddy Hollys and a silk robe and let him do his thing.
Janet: Miley Cyrus. She can convincingly convey Ms. Weiss's journey from churchgoing virgin to touch-a touch-a touch-a slutbag.
Magenta: Pink. Same color family—close enough.
Riff Raff: Pete Wentz. Just creepily calculated enough. Will likely be bald in the next few years if he keeps relaxing his hair.
Columbia: Kelly Osbourne. Suitably Betty Boopish.
Eddie: Jack Black. He's our Meatloaf. There is no one else.
Dr. Everett Von Scott: James Lipton. We know he has fishnets on underneath that Inside the Actor's Studio desk.
Rocky: Madonna. Bruce Vilanch. Levi Alves McConaughey. Or anyone besides Mario Lopez, who's currently doing gravity-boot crunches and demanding over speaker phone that his agent get him an audition.

• MTV readies 'Rocky Horror' redux [Variety]