Robert De Niro blew a hole in a rather careful conversation about racism and American history at the Cannes Film Festival when he described his most evil character to date as being like Donald Trump.
Ruminating on the character he plays in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Robert De Niro compared William Hale, who helped orchestrate a murderous reign of terror against the Osage nation in the 1920s, to the former president.
…Hale, De Niro said, was able to charm the Osage, who became rich when oil was discovered on their Oklahoma reservation, even as he stole rights to that land through a chilling system of marriage and murder. “[Hale] felt he was loved by people,” he said, “and some people did love him. Look at Trump and there are people who think he could do a good job. Imagine that, how insane that is.”
…De Niro has long been an outspoken critic of the former president — ”F— Trump” became as famous a personal tag line as, “You talkin’ to me?” His Cannes commentary was, unsurprisingly, met with thunderous applause from the gathering of international journalists, and it lighted up what had been a rather solemn event, befitting the film’s horrific subject matter.
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