Carey Mulligan 'front-runner' to play Hillary Clinton in new biopic

Carey Mulligan is one of the lead actresses being considered for the lead role in 'Rodham' - Hillary Clinton's biopic.

Among the other actresses rumoured to be in the reckoning for the role in director James Ponsoldt's highly anticipated biopic are Scarlett Johansson, Reese Witherspoon, Jessica Chastain and Amanda Seyfried, the Huffington Post reported.

The script of the film is based on a script by Young Il Kim, the flick focuses on Hillary's younger years, when she worked on the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate scandal.

The film also tracks her budding relationship with Bill Clinton, a role that has yet to be cast.

According to the Daily Beast, who recently got its hands on the film's screenplay, reported that the onscreen version of Hillary swears frequently and has no trouble discussing her sex life with Bill.

Hillary says that the couple's sex life depends upon what the meaning of the word sex means.