Hollywood star Michael Douglas says he doesn’t think highly of the past four years but hopes the November election will “open a new chapter” for the United States.
Michael Douglas attended the Cannes Series Festival this week to promote his new Apple TV+ exclusive series franklin In the film, he plays Ben Franklin, an old politician who spent eight years in France starting in 1776.
When asked about the show’s modern-day resonance, the actor spoke briefly.
“I hope this election will be a cathartic experience for America and the beginning of a new chapter,” he said, according to Deadline. report.
He also said he thinks Mr. Franklin is “very disappointed that the United States has distorted our republic or our democracy.”
Douglas is a longtime Democrat and supported Mike Bloomberg in the 2020 presidential election. He is among the many who publicly promoted the so-called “For the People Act,” which aims to relax voter ID requirements and allow the federal government to take power from states to oversee their elections. He was one of the Hollywood celebrities.
The actor revealed that he was once asked to run for governor of California.
“They were told the Democratic Party needed someone — at the time, we had a Republican governor — who had the money to campaign, who was a well-known celebrity,” Douglas said. . “I said, ‘I think you’re looking for a suicide bomber, but I don’t think that’s the case.’ That was it. ”
As Breitbart News reported, Michael Douglas was one of several Hollywood stars who gave Biden a pep talk before this year’s State of the Union address.
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