You Knew Robert De Niro Would Turn Film Premiere Into Trump-Trashing Fest
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The actor didn't disappoint in slamming the Republican nominee at a screening of "Megalopolis" — and De Niro isn't even in it.
Robert De Niro found a way Monday to zing Republican nominee Donald Trump at a screening for a movie that the actor isn’t even in.
The cinema icon appeared before the “Megalopolis” New York premiere in a half-hour Q&A with the sci-fi film’s writer and director, Francis Ford Coppola, and another filmmaking great, Spike Lee.
“Just imagine Donald Trump directing this film,” De Niro said, per Deadline. “It’ll never go anywhere ... He cannot do anything. He cannot hold anything together. ... He wants to destroy the country. And he could not do this movie. He couldn’t do anything that has a structure.”
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Coppola at one point drew comparisons between ancient Rome and present-day America. The nation’s prospects appeared to be on De Niro’s mind as well.
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