Clint Eastwood turned down directing ‘almost banned’ Donald Trump film | Movies | Entertainment

At 94, Clint Eastwood will release his latest directorial effort, Juror No 2, in theaters next month.

And it turns out the Hollywood legend was recently asked to direct a new Donald Trump film.

“The Apprentice,” which stars Sebastain Stan as a young Trump during his real estate business years in 1970s and 1980s New York, struggled to gain acceptance.

The new film’s director, Ali Abbasi, told Le Figaro that other filmmakers did not want to risk their careers on the controversial film because major studios rejected it.

Both Paul Thomas Anderson and Eastwood declined to lead the project because “they needed to assess the business risk.”

Eastwood is also a political conservative and registered libertarian, although he supported Democratic candidate Michael Bloomberg in the 2020 presidential election.

This came after the Hollywood icon changed his mind about Trump, who he said in 2016 was “on the trail” and “secretly everyone is sick of political correctness and kissing each other.” We really are in a pissy generation. Everyone is walking on eggshells. We see people accusing people of racism and all sorts of things. When I was growing up, these things weren’t called racist.”

Although he approved of “certain things” Trump had done, he wished he would “act more nobly without tweeting and calling people names.” Personally, I would like him not to get to that level.”

Meanwhile, the film The Apprentice has proven controversial as its release was “almost banned” in the US.

After “The Apprentice’s” world premiere at Cannes in May, the film struggled to find a domestic distributor amid concerns about its content and Trump’s legal team trying to block its release. Nevertheless, Briarcliff Entertainment secured a deal in August.

“Succession” star Jeremy Strong, who plays Trump mentor and lawyer Roy Cohn on “The Apprentice,” recently said: “I don’t know if people in this country are aware of this, but the release of this film would be in “It has almost been banned outright in this country.”, which makes viewing it even more important for me. I find it really disturbing that in 2024 we have almost not been allowed to see a film that I think portrays this person fairly accurately and truthfully.”

“The Apprentice” hits UK cinemas on October 18, 2024.