Posted on 12/28/2023 10:57:24 AM PST by simpson96
Former President Donald Trump criticized the director of the 1992 Christmas movie Home Alone 2: Lost in New York for claiming that Trump bullied his way onto the set.
Before Trump was president, he was a well-known New York City real estate power player who made special appearances in iconic '90s TV shows and movies set in the Big Apple, from a cameo with Samantha Jones in Season 2 of Sex and the City to a run-in with Kevin McCallister in Home Alone 2.
Chris Columbus, the movie's director, said that Trump's cameo in the movie was not initially the director's decision. He said that in order to shoot in the lobby of The Plaza Hotel, where part of the movie is filmed, Trump, who owned the hotel at the time, requested that he be in the movie.
Trump later claimed, however, that it was Columbus who was "begging me to make a cameo" in the movie.
In an interview with Business Insider posted on Saturday, Columbus said that those involved in the movie not only had to pay a fee to use the location, but Trump "also said, 'The only way you can use the Plaza is if I'm in the movie.'"
"So we agreed to put him in the movie, and when we screened it for the first time the oddest thing happened: People cheered when Trump showed up on-screen. So I said to my editor, 'Leave him in the movie. It's a moment for the audience.' But he did bully his way into the movie," Columbus continued.
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I’ll take Trump’s word over this “Chris Columbus” any day and twice on Sunday...
Is Chris Columbus going to change his name? After all, he is named after a white European genocidal racist.
If what trump did is true, it is not "bullying", it is negotiating a fee for the use of his property. The producer had one easy option: Choose a different location.
LOL......
Even if the idiot director’s claim is true, what the hell is he complaining about? If I set a condition for someone to use MY PROPERTY to film a movie scene, it isn’t “bullying” by any stretch.
FTA......when we screened the movie for the first time the oddest thing happened.........
People cheered when Trump showed up on-screen.........
So I told my editor, ‘Leave Trump in the movie. It’s a moment for the audience.’
Let it go, Donald. He’s a Democrat-Progressive. He’s trying to impress his friends by insulting you. You can’t change someone who believes their own lies.
If Trump had bullied his way into the movie they could have edited him out in the Final Cut of the film.
Most likely a Soros-paid Stooge.
.......what the hell is he complaining about? If I set a condition for someone
to use MY PROPERTY to film a movie scene, it isn’t “bullying” by any stretch......
Doncha love how these people suddenly remember anti-Trump stuff from 30+ years ago?
Illegals pouring over the border. A senile president. Inflation wiping us out. And a leading R presidential candidate is chiming in on some 30 year old pissing match. Ok then.
Thank you!
Not much going on for Chris over the last 3 decades
“So I told my editor, ‘Leave Trump in the movie. It’s a moment for the audience.’”
Isn’t that the oddest comment? Isn’t the whole move supposed to be “a moment for the audience”?
He's an idiot.
Whenever a movie is shot, they always pay for location. Each time my building's facade was shot, I was paid. If tenants had to do something to their front windows, they were paid.
Yeah the “director” sounds like he’s just trying to placate Trump haters who are getting after him for having Trump in the movie.
Is someone into "pizza"? Hmmmmmm?
The sequel to Gremlins, cowritten by Columbus years before Home Alone 2, features a protagonist based on Trump.
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