With Michael Wolff’s explosive book potentially headed for the small screen, the Arts & Culture app offers some casting suggestions

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Michael Wolff’s bestselling book on the Trump White House, Fire and Fury, may now be turned into a TV series, according to reports on Wednesday.

But who should play the key figures? We decided to ask the app of the moment, Google Arts & Culture, which matches people’s faces to artworks hanging in 17 major museums. Because why not.

Donald Trump

President. Virtually everyone around him is concerned about his fitness for office, according to Wolff’s book. Plus he goes to bed at 6.30pm, watching three TVs, making phone calls and eating cheeseburgers.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Donald Trump and a detail from Jan Stolker’s Portrait of Theodorus Bisdom van Vliet and His Family. Photograph: Google Arts & Culture / Reuters

Steve Bannon

Former chief strategist and key source for the book. Trump turned on him when his criticisms of his son Donald Trump Jr were published. Not long afterward he also lost his job at Breitbart News, a rightwing news site.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Steve Bannon and a detail from Unidentified Man with Hat, by an unknown artist. Photograph: Google Arts & Culture / EPA

Melania Trump

First lady. Wolff writes that on election night she was “in tears – and not of joy”.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Melania Trump and a detail from Dayang Makiling, by Abe Orobia. Photograph: Google Arts & Culture / AP

Jared Kushner

President’s son-in-law and senior adviser in the White House. Bannon called the meeting he, Paul Manafort and Donald Jr had with a group of Russians “treasonous” and “unpatriotic”. Bannon claimed later he was only referring to Manafort.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Jared Kushner and a detail from Portrait of a Man, by Francois-Xavier Fabre. Photograph: Google Arts & Culture / Getty

Ivanka Trump

First daughter and White House senior adviser. The book suggested she and her husband had made a deal in which she would be the one to run for president.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Ivanka Trump and a detail from Ariana, by Mercedes deBellard & Cheko. Photograph: Google Arts & Culture / Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock

Donald Trump Jr

First son. “They’re going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV,” said Bannon of a team of investigators into Russian interference in the election.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Donald Trump Jr and a detail from An Old Woman Cooking Eggs, by Diego Velazquez. Photograph: Google Arts & Culture / AP

Rupert Murdoch

The media mogul allegedly called Trump a “fucking idiot”.