By Stephen Kunk►
Poilievre auditioned for a number of film roles in the early to mid 2000s as his political career was on the rise. Most notably, he auditioned for the 2010 remake of I Spit on Your Grave, the notorious 1978 rape-revenge epic.
Poilievre specifically tried for the role of Sheriff Storch, the law officer to whom the victim, Jennifer, appeals after she is harassed by four local Republicans. When Storch finds drugs and alcohol at Jennifer's cabin, he casts doubt on her story. When the four other Republicans return to the cabin (spoiler alert), Storch joins them in sexually assaulting Jennifer. Jennifer spends the latter portion of the film taking revenge on her rapists, finishing up with Sheriff Storch.
After initial auditions, Poilievre pinned down the Storch role.
"Pierre had an attack-dog viciousness that brought a verity to the character," said director Steven R. Monroe. "He projected authority via volatility."
Unfortunately, Poilievre had to be replaced for the part by Welsh actor Andrew Howard. When Poilievre arrived in Louisiana for principal photography, he expressed discontent with the direction of the script.
"He wanted to change the ending," Monroe reported. "He insisted that the Sheriff should survive and kill the victim and go on with his family life. That was the only morally viable ending, in Pierre's view."
Even though it didn't work out for Poilievre as an actor, true conservatives hope he can win the role of Prime Minister so he can bring his rabid and rapacious reactionary values to Canada's highest office.
Photo Credit: Manning Centre c/o: Jake Wright, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
