President Jed Bartlet has spoken, so what’s next?
Just a few short weeks after Rob Lowe said he wants to get “The West Wing” crew back together, Martin Sheen told Page Six he would also love to be a part of a reboot of the Aaron Sorkin political drama.
“Well, of course, I would, but I would be too old for the office now,” he told us on Tuesday while discussing his role in “Anne of Green Gables: Fire and Dew.” “I wouldn’t know how they’d fit me in, but of course I would be delighted. It’s the first I’ve heard of it.”
Sorkin, who created the show and worked on its first four seasons before exiting the series in 2003, told Hollywood Reporter he envisions “This is Us” star Sterling K. Brown in the Oval Office if the show were to ever be rebooted.
“I have to ask, I’m sorry, who is he?” Sheen told us, quickly adding that he rarely watches anything outside of MSNBC and sports. “I’m watching Notre Dame now every Saturday afternoon. I’m kind of a dumpling, I’m afraid.”
The 78-year-old “Grace and Frankie” star says he prefers to be alone with a good book and classical music, which is why on top of playing Matthew Cuthbert in L.M. Montgomery’s “Anne of Green Gables” series, he’s also working with PBS on “The Great American Read” which explores the top 100 books in America, allowing fans to vote for their favorite.
“A lot of kids in schools around the country have gotten excited and they’re starting to read again,” Sheen said, adding that “Anne of Green Gables” was one of the books he used to read to his kids when they were younger.
“I became enamored by it,” he said. “I really began to realize what a truly great novel it was and how important it was for young people particularly today because people are rediscovering it today.”
“Anne of Green Gables: Fire and Dew” airs on PBS on Sept. 23 and is available on DVD now.
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