Ron Howard is rumoured to be helming a film of Sir David Frost's interview of former President Richard Nixon, an interview which saw Nixon talk openly about his failure of the American people and brought them both close to tears. I've seen the clip of the actual interview and it's an incredibly moving moment.

Peter Morgan's stage play Frost/Nixon portrays the television interview from 1977 which is currently starring Frank Langella and Michael Sheen. The story comes from Cinematical.

Previous word had it that Howard might consider directing The Changeling. If Howard does take this on the remake of the classic The Changeling (review), which is superbly chilling, please, please, please, don't give Tom Hanks the lead.

Back to the Frost/Nixon story though, this would make an incredibly charged and personal piece of filmmaking. The stage play has been described as a game of chess between the two characters as Frost, an incredibly accomplished interviewer, tries to get Nixon to speak candidly, while Nixon tries to avoid it. I think that it really would suit a couple of great actors, but who? Ignoring past casting, who would you think could play these parts?