Gene Hackman as the Lord Protector

I've been doing a lot of research on the English Civil Wars, the rise of the Protectorate, etc.

I love history, its like a really good action movie.

Today I read a long extended narrative about the Battle of Drogheda, in which Royalist commander was cut into tiny pieces, and his skull bashed in with his wooden leg.

I'm thinking that perhaps Gene Hackman could play Oliver Cromwell in the screenplay I'm coming up with in my mind...