Richard Jenkins (“Cabin in the Woods”) joins the cast as the Speaker of the House Eli Raphelson, a career politician from the opposing party, and James Woods (“Straw Dogs”) as Martin Walker, the outgoing head of the Secret Service.

But then, when they get separated and all this crazy stuff happens.” “That’s why he takes her to his job interview with the Secret Service and gets her tickets to the White House tour – he knows she’s obsessed with all things politics and he thinks that will impress her. “At the beginning of the movie, her parents are divorced and she’s not too keen on her dad,” explains King. Their estranged relationship is put to the test when they are separated during the crisis at the White House. Joey King (“Oz the Great and Powerful”) joins the cast as Cale’s daughter, Emily. And now that he’s realizing that he can’t be that, due to mistakes he’s made, he thinks, ‘Well, she idolizes the president – if I can’t be her hero, maybe I can help protect the guy who is.’” “But his heart is good – he’s always wanted to be his daughter’s hero. He doesn’t really have the tools to put it all into place,” says Channing Tatum (“The Vow”). “Cale’s been trying to figure out his life for years, to get it together. The character at the center of “White House Down” is John Cale, an ex-soldier and divorced father who’s trying to put his life back on solid footing – especially when it concerns his relationship with his daughter. Now, with the nation’s government falling into chaos and time running out, it’s up to Cale to save his daughter, the president, and the country. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. In the film, Capitol Policeman John Cale (Channing Tatum) has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx).

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