Scrushy Acquitted, Going to Hollywood

F. Scott Fitzgerald said that there are “no second acts in American lives.” I’m not so sure. Consider the case of Richard M. Scrushy. The former CEO of HealthSouth was acquitted in June on 36 counts of money laundering, securities fraud and conspiracy. So what’s he up to now? Well, his story may be made into a Hollywood movie. A newspaper in Alabama asked readers who should play Scrushy.

Some of the recommendations: Christopher Walken, Steve Buscemi, Michael Douglas and O. J. Simpson to play Mr. Scrushy; Morgan Freeman or Samuel L. Jackson to play one of the lawyers, Mr. Watkins; Billy Bob Thornton and Danny Aiello to play Mr. Scrushy’s other main lawyer, Mr. Parkman; and Jessica Simpson or Priscilla Presley to play his often-smiling wife, Leslie.

I’d go with “more cowbell.”

Posted by on October 3rd, 2005 at 10:12 am


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