‘There is no greater genius than him in marketing’

Key points

• Josh Brolin said he once considered Donald Trump a friend and that he was a “different man” before he became president.

• Dune The actor was friends with Trump during filming Wall Street: Money Never Sleepsfrom where Apprentice The star was cut off.

• “There is no greater genius in marketing,” Brolin said.

Josh Brolin reflects his relationship with Donald Trump before the business mogul moved into the White House.

No Country for Old Men star was friends with the US president around the time they filmed Oliver Stone’s 2010 film Wall Street continuation, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, after all, it’s where Trump gets cut.

Regarding the president’s third term, Brolin said, “I’m not afraid of Trump, because even though he says he’ll stay forever, it’s not going to happen.” His new interview with Independent. “And if it is, then I’ll deal with it in the moment. But since I was Trump’s friend before he became president, I know a different man.”

Hello Caesar Star added that he admired Trump’s development of a luxury hotel “in the middle of a cesspool” in the late ’70s.

“This is interesting to me,” he said. “The power is no longer reduced – it is not regulated.”

Brolin also thinks he understands why the former. Apprentice Star appealed to voters across the country. “There is no greater genius in marketing,” he said. “It takes the weakness of the general population and fills it.”

He continued, “That’s why a lot of people think he’s a mascot. I think it’s less about Trump and more about the general population and their need for validation.”

White House representatives did not immediately respond to this question Entertainment Weekly‘s request for comment.

Although he once considered Trump a friend, Brolin rejected his 2020 presidential candidacy in an impassioned Instagram post in October 2020.

“I refuse to believe that Donald Trump is the basic version of American masculinity.” Dune star wrote In that case. “The great thing is that America has never relied on creating hatred and conspiracy to win. There have been a few, but none that have stuck. Donald Trump has told over 50,000 documented lies, but we’re still willing to let it go because he speaks to an American demographic that no longer feels masculine.”

Brolin made a post last year. strange memory From his interaction with the future president in his New York apartment. “‘What’s upstairs?’ I said. “Our bedroom,” he said. I remembered Open In Depth with Graham Bensinger. “And I said, ‘Can I look upstairs?’ I said. ‘Yes,’ he said. And then no one moved. And I said, ‘Great.’ So should we go up?’ He said ‘Yes’. And then it still didn’t move. And I said, ‘What’s going on?’ “I think.”

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Brolin is in the midst of a particularly busy chapter of his career. It can be seen in the work of Edgar Wright. Running Man and Rian Johnson Wake the Dead ManBoth are currently playing in theaters. He also appeared in Zach Cregger’s movie. WeaponryStreaming on HBO Max this year and lending his voice to Ken Burns. American Revolution Documentary series on PBS.

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