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Hillary Clinton.

When "Rodham," a screenplay about the life of Hillary Clinton, made the list of Hollywood's hottest unproduced scripts, political wonks from L.A. to the Beltway erupted with excitement.

Penned by Young-Il Kim, the script's The Blacklist description reads: "During the height of the Watergate scandal, rising star Hillary Rodham is the youngest lawyer chosen for the House Judiciary Committee to impeach Nixon, but she soon finds herself forced to choose between a destined path to the White House and her unresolved feelings for Bill Clinton, her former boyfriend who now teaches law in Arkansas."

Though the project remains in the earliest stages of development, and its debut on the big screen could be years away, everyone wants to know: Who will play Hillary Clinton?

Various actresses have been reading for the part, a source close to the production confirms to NBC, but no one is officially attached. Potential directors are also in discussions for the project, which is being produced by The Arlook Group and Temple Hill Entertainment (which also produced the "Twilight" series).

The script begins with Clinton's time at Yale, and followers her as she meets and falls in love with Bill Clinton, and then progresses through her and Bill's major life milestones up until shortly after Nixon's resignation.

Bill Clinton has expressed interest in Meryl Streep for the title role, but sources involved with the production say they're keen to cast an actress who looks more like Hillary during her law school years and early days as an attorney.

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent a special message to actor Jason Segal.

Next up for Jason Segel: "Forgetting Hillary Clinton?"

Between dancing up a storm in Colombia and embracing her texting Tumblr alter-ego, Hillary Clinton has been rapidly padding her pop culture resume. But as Secretary of State, she has to draw a line somewhere, and unfortunately for Segel, the cut-off is big screen comedies.

The writer-actor had mentioned a few times that he'd love to work on screen with the iconic Washingtonian, telling Us Weekly in March that he felt she had a knack for comedy and that he tells people Clinton is the mysterious, titular mother is in "How I Met Your Mother." Always one to keep her ear to the ground -- she has to monitor chatter from around the world, after all -- Clinton caught wind of Segel's messages and penned him a sweet yet crushing rejection letter, which reads as follows (via Politico):

"I was delighted to read about your interest in sharing the big screen with me. As you can imagine, I am a little occupied at the moment, but perhaps someday I can help you forget Sarah Marshall ... again. My only condition is that there be Muppets involved, and that is non-negotiable. In the meantime, you have my best wishes for continued success with your career."

In that case, Segel better get back involved with that Muppets sequel, which he has ceded to his co-writer Nicholas Stoller. Perhaps Judd Apatow, Segel's long-time producer, was able to convince Clinton otherwise, though, at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

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