Director Ron Howard It seems to want to think about something other than political, especially when it comes to vice president JD Vance.

In an interview published on Wednesday, Vulture He asked the filmmaker what he thinks about the legacy of his 2020 film, “Hillbilly Elegy.”

“I don’t think about that,” Howard said. “I know it is a mixed bag and probably quite culturally divided. I also know that the criticisms were bad and the audience reaction rating was quite good.”

“Hillbilly Elycy” is based on the best -selling memories of Vance in 2016 of the same name, which drove it to national fame. Howard worked with the capitalist of the then advantage in the movie and spent time with him while promoting the movie.

Despite Howard’s quite neutral response about his film, Vulture continued to press the topic of Vance, asking the director if “capable of reconciling the person you met and the character of the film with the person you see now?”

“Can I reconcile? Well, it happened, so I know what I have observed,” Howard said. “It is still a surprise for me. I would not have seen it come, and I would not have expected that its rhetoric would be as divisive as sometimes. By the way, I am not following or listening to every word.”

Vice President JD Vance and Ron Howard.
Vice President JD Vance and Ron Howard.

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The implication of the director of “Frost/Nixon” that tune the policy, or at least, Vance, to some extent seemed to irritate some people in X, previously Twitter, considering that Vance is now the vice president of President Donald Trump.

“May we all have the luxury of no thought!” A user said.

“Sorry Ron, but you can’t sit in the fence in these times,” another said.

“This is such a cowardly answer” A third resonated.

The consequences of Trump’s policies, ranging from Weak work numbers to Forced disappearances – have He dripped in Howard’s own industry. doBs suspected the “late show” last month After host Stephen Colbert criticized the recent agreement of the Parampount parent company with Trump. The president has publicly threatened others in the entertainment business, including, among others, Joy listen, Jimmy Kimmel and Beyoncé.

Howard, however, offered Vulture some tibitas about Vance that have nothing to do with the policies it is helping to sell.

In fact, Vance was “frustrated” by the critical panorros “Hillbilly Elegy,” confirmed the director.

“He felt that, like criticism they had activated the book, their participation was somehow contaminating or coloring the critical answer, and it was bothered,” Howard said.

The director of “Beautiful Mind” also admitted that the “race for the Senate and the strategy that has chosen” of Vance is not what he expected.

Howard revealed that he made a text message to Vance shortly after the presidential elections of 2024.

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“I did a text, after the elections,” said Howard. “Which was a kind of ‘Godspeed. Try to serve us well'”.