Julia Gillard

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Julia sexily considers the literacy levels of the nation's journalists

The Julia Gillard Story

Tilda Swinton*

Orlando

The Deep End

The Chronicles of Narnia

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"You could call me on my massive phone and I'll consult my tiny watch (if I can locate the hands)"

George Clooney

Michael Clayton

"I am Julia, Goddess of brooches"

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Julia sexily learns of being cast as an aristocrat in a Merchant Ivory film



*GOOD LUCK AT THE OSCARS ON SUNDAY TILDA!



In a thrilling development for both left-wing politics and the thinly lipped,has been named Australia's 2nd most sexy woman (or, according to the dubiously erudite, the second "most sexiest").It's clear that such a public endorsement of the Deputy Prime Minister's breathtaking sensuality was merely a matter of time. Now that it's been predictably but sensibly acknowledged, we can set about castingwith some seriously Hollywood ambition.There's really only one woman for the role.With the same style and confidence with which Julia herself sashayed into the country's runner-up position at Australia's most recent political pageant, so has one individual announced herself as the logical candidate for the singular role of Julia Eileen Gillard.That's right - Scottish actress, one of the most memorable and high profile bloodnuts the world has seen.Tilda is an entertainment marvel, delivering Oscar-calibre acting turns inand most recentlyandShe is also the only human capable of turning up to a media-saturated awards function with no make-up draped in a kimono-themed stage curtain adorned with 100 dead tarantulas and still appear elegant.That was last week at the BAFTAs, where she won Best Supporting Actress forin which she played a ruthless, amoral and critically self-doubting corporate lawyer. That only one of these words applies to the splendid Julia Eileen Gillard is no barrier to Tilda's suitability for the latter role.Why? Well, for starters, politicians answer a lot of questions, sometimes even over the phone. Tilda is highly skilled at the latter pursuit.She also bears more than a passing resemblance to Ms Gillard.It is, however, true that Tilda carries a necklace rather more dramatically than her potential muse.But that takes nothing away from the striking sense of perfection inherent in this piece of casting. How might one talk to Tilda and Julia's respective 'people' about such a project?Oh, does it not simply ring of a classic-in-the-making? Can you not imagine Julia sticking it toin the climacticscene?Incidentally, this intriguing piece of punctuation is also called a(pronounced 'tilda'):It's a Spanish word, from the Latin, meaning 'title', such as 'MP'. Linguistically, it sits daintily atop some letters in some languages to designate a change in pronunciation, such as nasalisation, as exemplified by any word pronounced by Julia Eileen Gillard.