{"id":1996711,"date":"2025-09-04T12:34:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1996711"},"modified":"2025-09-04T12:34:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:34:02","slug":"very-good-actor-woody-allen-wants-to-direct-trump-again-recalls-1998-cameo-in-celebrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/very-good-actor-woody-allen-wants-to-direct-trump-again-recalls-1998-cameo-in-celebrity\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Very good actor\u2019: Woody Allen wants to direct Trump again; recalls 1998 cameo in Celebrity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-123644383,imgsize-31344,width-400,resizemode-4\/untitled-design-13.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Very good actor\u2019: Woody Allen wants to direct Trump again; recalls 1998 cameo in Celebrity\" title=\"Trump, Allen\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Filmmaker <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/woody-allen\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Woody Allen<\/a> has said he wishes to direct US president <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Donald Trump<\/a> again, more than two decades after casting him in the 1998 film Celebrity. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>Speaking on Bill Maher\u2019s \u201cClub Random\u201d podcast, Allen, called Trump \u201ca pleasure to work with\u201d and described him as \u201cvery professional and charismatic\u201d in front of the camera.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>\u201cI\u2019m one of the few people who can say he directed Trump. I directed Trump,\u201d Allen recalled. \u201cHe was a pleasure to work with and a very good actor. He was very polite, hit his mark, did everything correctly and had a real flair for show business. I could direct him now. If he would let me direct him now that he\u2019s president, I think I could do wonders,\u201d Allen said. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/> Trump had a cameo in Celebrity, playing himself in a short scene about real estate.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"lOvcW vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"k7lcu\">\n<p>DONALD TRUMP TALKS BUILDINGS IN WOODY ALLEN&#8217;S CELEBRITY (1998) -NEWSANDMOVIESRADIO.COM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>The director, however, made clear that he did not support Trump politically. He said he voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election and disagrees with \u201c99%\u201d of Trump\u2019s views.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/> Allen added that he was surprised Trump chose politics at all, given his earlier interests in sports, golf and beauty contests. He said, \u201cI\u2019m surprised he wanted to go into politics. Politics is nothing but headaches and critical decisions and agony. This was a guy I used to see at the Knick games, and he liked to play golf, and he liked to judge beauty contests and he liked to do things that were enjoyable and relaxing. Why anyone would want to suddenly have to deal with the issues of politics is beyond me.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/> Despite his differences, Allen summed up Trump\u2019s acting in positive terms, saying he was &#8220;pleasant to work, and very professional, very polite to everyone. Very, you know, as I say, I would like to direct him now as president and let me make the decisions. 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