‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Director Ron Howard Is ‘Concerned’ About Trump-Vance Rhetoric: ‘We Gotta Get Out and Vote — for Whomever, but Be Thoughtful’
Ron Howard, the director behind “Hillbilly Elegy” and “A Beautiful Mind,” stressed to Variety the importance of exercising one’s right to vote in this upcoming presidential election in November.
The director stopped by Variety’s Toronto Film Festival Studio to promote his upcoming movie “Eden,” along with the cast, including Sydney Sweeney, Jude Law, Ana de Armas, and Daniel Brühl. There, the director was asked about his previous work adapting current Vice Presidental Candidate Jd Vance’s memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” into the 2020 film starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close. What did Howard think of Vance’s political ascent since adapting his story years ago?
“I have been surprised and concerned by a lot of the rhetoric coming out of that campaign,” Howard said. “There’s no version of me voting for Donald Trump to be President again, whoever the Vice President was. But given the experience that I had then 5, 6 years ago.
The director stopped by Variety’s Toronto Film Festival Studio to promote his upcoming movie “Eden,” along with the cast, including Sydney Sweeney, Jude Law, Ana de Armas, and Daniel Brühl. There, the director was asked about his previous work adapting current Vice Presidental Candidate Jd Vance’s memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” into the 2020 film starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close. What did Howard think of Vance’s political ascent since adapting his story years ago?
“I have been surprised and concerned by a lot of the rhetoric coming out of that campaign,” Howard said. “There’s no version of me voting for Donald Trump to be President again, whoever the Vice President was. But given the experience that I had then 5, 6 years ago.
- 9/7/2024
- by Meredith Woerner and Diego Ramos Bechara
- Variety - Film News
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