In his new film about President George W. Bush, director Oliver Stone wants to present the controversial character in a more humane manner.

The film is expected to begin shooting in about a month, with Stone aiming to finish it before the elections in next January.

The director said that he was not trying to create an anti-Bush movie, like others did, but he only wanted to portray the president as an ordinary man, going through troubled times, as an alcohol addict, and succeeding in becoming the most powerful figure in the political world.

Stone, who has already made two films on American presidents, “Nixon” and “JFK,” will reportedly describe the problems between Bush and his father, in his youth, and other notorious turning points in the current American president’s life.

The warmer moments of Bush will be depicted as well, such as his love of inventing nicknames or his struggle to make his father proud of him.

“It's a behind-the-scenes approach, similar to ‘Nixon,’ to give a sense of what it's like to be in his skin,” Stone told Daily Variety in January, adding, “I'm a dramatist who is interested in people, and I have empathy for Bush as a human being, much the same as I did for Castro, Nixon, Jim Morrison, Jim Garrison and Alexander the Great.”

He did not share his personal opinion of the president with the publication, explaining, “I can't give you that, because the filmmaker has to hide in the work. Here, I'm the referee, and I want a fair, true portrait of the man.”

The actors chosen to play George W. Bush and his wife, Laura Bush, are James Brolin, and, respectively, Elizabeth Banks, who previously appeared in “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” and “Spider-Man.”