Actor Jeremy Strong defended CNN by comparing former President Donald Trump to Stalin and Mao Zedong in a statement at the Cannes Film Festival following the world premiere of his film Stalin and Mao on Monday. apprentice.
His comments follow apprentice After the screening, director Ali Abbasi denigrated President Trump, calling him a fascist.
Jeremy Strong, who plays Trump’s mentor Roy Cohn in the film, starred in Ibsen’s Broadway production. enemy of the people And I couldn’t attend the premiere.
In a statement read by Mr. Abbasi at a press conference on Tuesday, he said he used the play’s title to attack Mr. Trump.
“The term ‘enemy of the people’ has been used by Stalin, Mao Zedong, Goebbels, and most recently by Donald Trump, who has criticized freedom of the press and called CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, the New York Times, and the New York Times fake news. “The media,” he said.
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— Fabi @ Cannes 2024 (@fabianalr_) May 21, 2024
“We live in a world where the truth is under attack,” he added, decrying Roy Cohn’s “legacy of lies, outright denialism, manipulation, and gross disregard for the truth.” .
Strong did not mention the many deceptive practices by mainstream media, including promoting the Russian collusion hoax and refusing to report on the Hunter Biden laptop scandal.
apprentice, The film, which has no U.S. distributor, is vying for the top prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, with mainstream media showering it with praise and praise, including for the performance of actor Sebastian Stan, who plays the young Trump. There is.
The film dramatizes Trump’s rise to power in the 1970s as a close ally of Roy Cohn. It also depicts Trump’s relationship with his father (Martin Donovan) and his first wife, Ivana.borat 2 Actress Maria Bakalova).
One scene in the film depicts Trump raping Ivana, a crime she denies.
The Trump campaign announced this week that it plans to sue the filmmakers.
“We intend to file a lawsuit to address the obviously false claims made by the fake filmmakers,” said Trump campaign spokesman Stephen Chan. “This garbage is a complete fabrication, sensationalizing a lie that was debunked long ago.”
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