cub Actor Jeremy Strong is probably best known for his role as Kendall Roy on HBO. succession The series recently compared Donald Trump to dictators Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong and Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels.
Furthermore, succession The star also stood behind mainstream media outlets such as CNN, NBC, and The New York Times.
Strong’s inflammatory remarks were made at the Cannes Film Festival ahead of the release of the Donald Trump biopic. cubhere succession The star plays Roy Marcus Cohn, the former president’s lawyer and mentor.
“I want to be with you right now. But I like Henrik Ibsen’s plays <인민의 적>I stood on stage in New York performing.” cub Director Ali Abbasi on behalf of Strong.
He continued, “The ‘enemies of the people’ include Stalin, Mao Zedong, Goebbels and, most recently, Donald Trump, who condemn the free press and include CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, [and] “The New York Times, fake news outlet.”
He added: “We live in a world where truth is under attack, and in many ways in America the assault on truth began in the vicious chrysalis of Donald Trump’s apprenticeship under Roy Cohn.” “The National Law Journal called Cohn an ‘assault expert,’ and at this perilous moment in history, we are experiencing the long, dark shadow of Roy Cohn.”
Continuing to quote Strong, Abbasi continued: “His lies, outright denial, manipulation; [and] This blatant disregard for the truth has had dire consequences. Ali Abbasi has made monster movies where one thing begets another.”
“It is an attempt to understand, in the words of the 11th-century Persian poet Omar Khayyam, ‘how yesterday prepared the madness of today.’” Strong’s statement concluded.
Abbasi himself took the time to disparage Trump at the film’s premiere. cub, “When we made this movie, everyone said, why do you want to make a movie about Trump? If you want to say something about the world, do it in a good way, a metaphorical way.”
“How about a World War II movie? How about World War I movies? How about American independent films? How about a Russian invasion movie? “The point is that there is no good metaphorical way to deal with the wave of fascism,” the director added, recalling how he received the offer to make the film.
Marvel actor Sebastian Stan plays the role of young Donald Trump. cub “1970s New York: Determined to break out of his powerful father’s shadow and make a name for himself in Manhattan real estate, ambitious tycoon Donald J. Trump met early in his career the man who would become one of the next. The most important person in his life was political solver Roy Cohn.”
“Seeing potential in the young Donald, an influential lawyer who secured espionage convictions for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and investigated suspected communists with Senator Joseph McCarthy, he enlisted his new acolytes to enrich themselves through trickery, intimidation, and media manipulation. and teaches how to accumulate power. “The rest is history,” the synopsis concludes.
Abbasi calling Trump a fascist is nothing compared to what the director put into the film. According to diversity, cub There is a scene where President Trump throws his ex-wife Ivanka to the floor and then has non-consensual sex with her.
The media explained, “In the scene of the argument, Ivana playfully presents her husband with a book about the benefits of female orgasm.” “But interactions between the two quickly took a dark turn as her indifferent Trump told her wife that he no longer found her attractive.”
“They argued and then Trump threw her to the ground. A cold Trump scoffs: ‘Is that your G-spot? ‘Did I find it?’ Variety concluded its explanation of the controversial scene.
On Monday, the political adviser and Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung mentioned the controversial scene. cub“We will file a lawsuit to address the blatantly false claims made by these imposter filmmakers,” he said, threatening legal action against the filmmakers.
“This garbage is pure fiction that sensationalizes long-debunked lies,” Cheung charged. “Like the illegal Biden trial, this is election interference by Hollywood elites who know that President Trump will take back the White House and because there was nothing they did, he would beat the candidate of their choice.”
