When MTV News revealed that "Daily Show" funnyman Rob Corddry was set to play White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer in Oliver Stone's "W," the easy joke was that it was an easy transition for someone used to delivering fake news. He would be a natural, we thought.

But don't laugh. That's REALLY why Corddry is joining the picture.

"My time on 'The Daily Show' coincided with his time as Press Secretary. I ate, drank, and slept Ari Fleischer for four years, so I feel like I know the guy pretty well," Corddry recently confessed. "So that's why I guess I didn't run away in terror." Read more...

He's reported the "news" on "The Daily Show," and now Rob Corddry will be doing the same from behind a White House podium. MTV News has confirmed exclusively that the actor/comedian has been cast as press secretary Ari Fleischer in Oliver Stone's presidential biopic, "W."

Corddry joins a laundry list of talent already attached to the project, including Josh Brolin and Elizabeth Banks as the president and first lady Laura Bush, James Cromwell and Ellen Burstyn as George's parents, former President George H.W. Bush and wife Barbara, and Thandie Newton as Condoleezza Rice. Read more...