Matt Damon: Directors had to write Trump a part to shoot movies in his buildings

[highplainsdem]

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/348951-matt-damon-directors-had-to-write-trump-a-part-to-shoot-movies

In a series of new interviews, actor Matt Damon railed against President Trump’s “abhorrent” comments following the violence at a white supremacist rally in Virginia and told a film-industry story about filming movies at Trump’s buildings.

“The deal was that if you wanted to shoot in one of his buildings, you had to write him in a part,” Damon said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “Martin Brest had to write something in “Scent of a Woman” - and the whole crew was in on it. You have to waste an hour of your day with a bullshit shot: Donald Trump walks in and Al Pacino’s like, “Hello, Mr. Trump!” - you had to call him by name - and then he exits.”

“You waste a little time so that you can get the permit, and then you can cut the scene out. But I guess in “Home Alone 2” they left it in.”

Damon said he was “very concerned with the state of things” in the U.S., and praised special counsel Robert Mueller for “defending” institutions against Trump’s attacks.

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[malaise]

1. He's one sick

fugg.

Rec

[unblock]

2. mr. brilliant negotiator demands the scene be shot but forgets to demand it not be cut

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

8. You can demand all you want

The production staff retains creative control.
If you want creative control, invest in the movie.
It's the golden rule: the one with gold makes the rule.

Trump really is an ass.

[BootinUp]

3. I'm glad there are actors like Mr. Damon

Good people.

[Hieronymus]

4. Thanks, Matt Damon ..

A good Liberal.
Amazing, but no surprise.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. That certainly explains why Trump's appearance seemed so out of place in

Home Alone 2 (Plaza Hotel owned by Trump) and a cameo in "Sex and the City" (Oak Room Bar in the Plaza Hotel).

[spanone]

6. K&R...

[ProudLib72]

7. But, but, but

Stan Lee!!!!!!!!

There, that is your rethug whataboutism.

[Leith]

14. Or Alfred Hitchcock?

The difference is that people like to see their cameos. They were cleverly done and fit the movies.

[pamela]

9. Wasn't Pacino blind in Scent of a Woman?

He says "Hi Mr Trump" when he walks into the room? I guess he smelled him.

[Generic Brad]

10. The stench is undeniable

Corruption stinks to high heaven.

[Expecting Rain]

11. 15 years ago I edited a television show and we tried to do a bit with Donald Trump.

He had a simple role. He could not follow the concept. We shot it again and again and again, and no editing in the world could save him from his own ineptitude.

He just didn't get it. We had to cut him from the show.

He has the attention span of a gnat.

[not fooled]

13. That's what others who know him have said

e.g. the guy who "co"-wrote Art of the Deal. Attention span of a gnat.

Common knowledge, except among the 60+ million idiots who voted for this abomination.

[Expecting Rain]

15. I poured over Trump's footage. I'm a good editor. I pride myself on being able to save anything.

I could not save Donald Trump. He was a disaster. Back then I had no reason to have a bias against the man and operated as a consummate professional.

I can't think of one other time in my professional career when I could not salvage a piece.

I could not save Donald Trump.

[not fooled]

12. What's the problem?

Movies today have plenty of asshole characters.

Oh wait, the part had to "star" dump as himself? That's a whole different ballgame. Guess directors and producers weren't so eager to shoehorn the asshole into their films.





Oh geez, I posted 2x in a row.

[Lugnut]

16. He's f'n nuts. n/t