In a movie about Donald Trump, the president himself should play his own role.... according to filmmaker Oliver Stone. He told Brut why.
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00:00He's a great actor himself, he should play the role.
00:02I mean, he has invented his own character and he does it every day.
00:22I'm not casting the movie.
00:24I think he's a great actor himself.
00:26He should play the role.
00:27I mean, he has invented his own character and he does it every day.
00:32And I think he's very good at it.
00:34I don't think he's a great actor, no, but I think he's fascinating as a personality.
00:41People more and more now look at politics as entertainment, which is dangerous.
00:46When he's gone, don't you think the next guy is going to have a hard time trying to be
00:51sober and quiet and unthoughtful?
00:54It's not going to be very exciting and people are going to resent that because they want
00:59stimulation.
01:00So, if you treat politics or business as entertainment, you're altering the purpose of it.
01:10And I think it's not a good thing.
01:14Oh, I think it's a process of time.
01:24I mean, no doubt, as a country, we've become more, less nuanced, more judgmental, polarized.
01:35People polarize, they cancel culture, they say, if you say the wrong thing, blah, blah,
01:41blah.
01:42It's too fragile right now.
01:45I think a healthy debate, disagreement, can all be done in the light of keeping the world
01:55diplomatic, diplomatic.
01:59The French are good at that.
02:01And I don't understand why people, it's just become more dangerous because of that, the
02:07world.
02:08Aside from that, I think people are worn out, tired.
02:14It's ridiculous.
02:16What's special about America?
02:19What makes it so special?
02:22We have laws, we have our own country, we have traditions.
02:25I don't understand why the urgency to make America great again.
02:30It never was.
02:31It's always trying to do the best it can, but not doing a great job right now.