Actor Josh Brolin, who voices Thanos in the Marvel movies and got his start in movies on 1985's "The Goonies," told "The Independent" that President Donald Trump was a longtime friend of his and that he wasn't worried about Trump refusing to leave the presidency in 2029 after his second term.
“I’m not scared of Trump, because even though he says he’s staying forever, it’s just not going to happen,” Brolin told the paper. “And if it does, then I’ll deal with that moment. But having been a friend of Trump before he was president, I know a different guy.”
Brolin and Trump met on the set of Oliver Stone's "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" in 2010. Trump filmed a cameo in the movie but it was cut from the final version of the film.
“There is no greater genius than him in marketing," Brolin said. "He takes the weakness of the general population and fills it. And that’s why I think a lot of people feel that they have a mascot in him.”
“I think it’s much less about Trump than it is about the general population and their need for validation," he added.
The subject came up when Brolin was asked if his recent role as Monsignor Wicks in Glass Onion was meant to be a take on Trump.
Wicks preaches hate in the movie and is generally just a despicable character, but Brolin said the character was not in any way inspired by the current president.
“I could make something up and say it was rooted in a kind of Trumpian greed,” but in reality, it wasn't, Brolin said. He added that once “Wicks garners a sense of power, then there are no boundaries."
It's refreshing to see an A-list actor who doesn't hate Trump and constantly feel the need to attack him.
Brolin has a balanced view--he thinks Trump is on a quest for power, but not like his character Thanos who was willing to obliterate half of the world to do it.
And unlike many actors in Hollywood today, Brolin actually spent time with Trump and knows him on a personal level.
Undoubtedly, Brolin will now be enemy number one among his peers, but his shoulders seem plenty broad.
The left can say, of course Thanos is a friend to Trump, but it sounds like Brolin knows the truth about who Trump is and isn't afraid to say it.
