Donald Trump was in “serious talks” to play the President of the United States in 2015’s “Sharkado 3: Oh Hell No!” — two years before the real estate mogul actually became POTUS.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sarah Palin was the producers’ first choice to play the leader of the free world, but those negotiations fell through. That’s when “Sharknado” star Ian Ziering proposed getting the Donald to play the part after he formed a relationship with Trump while filming “Celebrity Apprentice.”
The future president said yes, and was “thrilled to be asked.”
Gerald Webb, a casting director who worked on the first three “Sharknado” films, said they got “pretty far” with negotiations and there were “serious talks.”