‘Hillbilly Elegy’ director Ron Howard says he’s ‘surprised and disappointed’ by J.D. Vance’s campaign rhetoric
nypost.coma 2020 Netflix film directed by Howard. But now that Vance is Donald Trump’s vice presidential nominee for the November election, Howard has new opinions about the Ohio senator.“Well, we didn’t talk a lot of politics when we were making the movie because I was interested in his upbringing and that survival tale.
That’s what we mostly focused on,” Howard said in an interview with Deadline at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday.“However,” Howard continued, “based on the conversations that we had during that time, I just have to say I’m very surprised and disappointed by much of the rhetoric that I’m reading and hearing.
People do change, and I assume that’s the case. Well, it’s on record.”“When we spoke around the time that I knew him, he was not involved in politics or claimed to be particularly interested.
So that was then. I think the important thing is to recognize what’s going on today and to vote.”Howard added, “It’s not really about a movie made five or six years ago.
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