The president chose Donald Trump for Hollywood to “larger and more strong Hollywoodarray California.
On Wednesday, the president -elect announced on his social networks that the 3 actors would be his eyes and ears for the city of cinema.
“It will again be, like The United States of America itself, The Golden Age of Hollywood!” he wrote on Truth Social.
He also called the trio’s special envoys. Ambassadors and special envoys are selected to fill hot spots in difficulty such as the Middle East, not California.
In a proportioned to CBS News on Thursday, Gibson said that “he received the tweet at the same time as all of you and were surprised in a similar way. However, I need to attend the call. My duty as a citizen is to give help and a vision so much. I can .
Gibson’s Malibu home destroyed in the wildfires that burned the Los Angeles area.
The production of films and television of the USA has been hindered in recent years, with setbacks of the COVID-19 Pandemia, the 2023 Hollywood guild diving and, during beyond the week, forest fires in course in the Los Angeles area. In the United States, general production, general production fell by 26% compared to 2021, according to Produro’s knowledge.
In the greater L.A. area, productions were down 5.6% from 2023 according to FilmLA, the lowest since 2020. This past October, California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed expanding California’s Film & Television Tax Credit program to $750 million annually, up from $330 million. Other U.S. cities like Atlanta, New York, Chicago and San Francisco have used tax incentives to lure film and TV productions to their cities. Actor Mark Wahlberg is even making plans for a Las Vegas production hub.
It is not clear precisely what Gibson, Voight and Stallone will do in this effort to bring productions back to US representatives of Voight and Stallone did not respond to a request for comments.
Trump’s decision to select the actors as his chosen “ambassadors” underscores his preoccupations with the 1980s and ’90s, when he was a rising tabloid star in New York, and Gibson and Stallone were among the biggest movie stars in the world.
Stallone is a frequent guest at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club and introduced him at a gala in November shortly after the election.
“When George Washington defended his country, he didn’t know it was going to replace the global one. Because without him, you can believe what the global would be like,” Stallone told the crowd: “Guess what?We had the moment when George Washington’s hiring!”
The resolution also reflects Trump’s willingness to make the ultimate questionable statements of his supporters.
Gibson’s reputation has been altered in Hollywood since 2006, when he went on an anti-Semitic rant while arresting for allegedly driving under the influence. But he also continued to paint in mainstream films and directed Wahlberg’s next mysterious “flight risk. “
Voight is a longtime supporter of Trump, who described Trump as the greatest president since Abraham Lincoln.