Scarlett Johansson as Hillary Rodham Clinton? How about a “Legally Blonde” Reese Witherspoon?

Director James Ponstoldt disclosed his short list for the lead in his upcoming biopic, “Rodham.” The names he mentioned were Johansson and Witherspoon, along with two actresses who hit it big recently, Amanda Seyfried, from “Les Misérables,” and Jessica Chastain, of “Zero Dark Thirty.”