Woody Allen, as soon as one in every of our most acclaimed, culture-setting filmmakers, is aware of who he desires within the forged of his subsequent film: present President Donald Trump. “He was a pleasure to work with and an excellent actor,” Allen mentioned of directing Trump in his 1998 comedy Celeb. “He was very well mannered, hit his mark, did all the pieces appropriately and had an actual aptitude for present enterprise… If he would let me direct him now that he’s president, I feel I might do wonders.”
Allen revealed this throughout an look on Invoice Maher’s podcast Membership Random (actually, probably the most apt doable place to make such an announcement). Whereas the filmmaker did say that “I disagree with many, virtually all, not all, however virtually all of his politics, of his insurance policies,” he added that whereas filming in 1998, Trump was “very skilled, very well mannered to everybody.”
Celeb featured Trump taking part in himself, making a “joke” to a reporter about shopping for St. Patrick’s Cathedral for “just a little rip-down job” so he might put up “a really, very tall and exquisite constructing.” (Perhaps that was a joke in 1998; right now, it feels like one thing Trump would announce doing on Fact Social.)
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Allen did say that he voted for Kamala Harris within the 2024 election, and was shocked by Trump coming into politics within the first place. “Politics is nothing however complications and important selections and agony,” he mentioned on the podcast. “This was a man I used to see on the Knick video games, and he appreciated to play golf, and he appreciated to evaluate magnificence contests and he appreciated to do issues that have been pleasurable and stress-free. Why anybody would wish to immediately should cope with the problems of politics is past me.”
Whereas Allen desires extra Trump on display screen, different administrators don’t essentially agree: Residence Alone 2 director Chris Columbus not too long ago mentioned in an interview that he needs he might take away Trump’s cameo from the 1992 comedy sequel, calling it “a curse”.