CANNES: George Clooney insisted on Thursday that Donald Trump will not be elected president, promising that “fear is not going to be something that drives” the United States.
Clooney, who has been a prominent fundraiser for Hillary Clinton, said: “There’s not going to be a President Trump,” Clooney said. “That’s not going to happen.”
The actor said that Trump is partially a result of the collision of news and entertainment depicted in his film “Money Monster.” In it, Clooney plays a Jim Cramer-like financial guru taken hostage live on the air by a distraught investor.
Meanwhile, Jodie Foster, who presented her first mainstream film as a director in Cannes Thursday, said many studio bosses still mistrusted female directors as “too great a risk to take.”
The Oscar-winning actress, who began her career at the age of three and is one of a handful of females in Hollywood to carve out a successful directing career, highlighted the challenges women face in the industry at a conference on the sidelines of Cannes.
She noted “drastic changes” on film sets from her years as a child actor, when the only women on set were the person playing her mother or the make-up artist.
But “the one arena where it hasn’t really changed at all is directing for mainstream studio movies,” she observed.
Foster said the turbulent economy and changing technologies had left studio bosses more risk-averse than ever.
“I think studio executives are scared, period, (and) for some reason women are lumped into that category of ‘too great a risk to take’.”
However Foster, who won Oscars for her roles in “Silence of the Lambs” and “The Accused,” admits that having grown up in the industry it was easier for her to become part of the boy’s club than for other women struggling to make it.
The 53-year-old is the first of a series of Hollywood stars, including Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis, who will be talking at the “Women in Motion” conference
during Cannes.
She said she did not think there was “some big plot” by men trying to put women down in the film business, but it was more about being stuck in traditional models.
She described the difficulty in placing trust in a first-time director, and placing the vision of a multi-million-dollar film in their hands.
Clooney, who has been a prominent fundraiser for Hillary Clinton, said: “There’s not going to be a President Trump,” Clooney said. “That’s not going to happen.”
The actor said that Trump is partially a result of the collision of news and entertainment depicted in his film “Money Monster.” In it, Clooney plays a Jim Cramer-like financial guru taken hostage live on the air by a distraught investor.
Meanwhile, Jodie Foster, who presented her first mainstream film as a director in Cannes Thursday, said many studio bosses still mistrusted female directors as “too great a risk to take.”
The Oscar-winning actress, who began her career at the age of three and is one of a handful of females in Hollywood to carve out a successful directing career, highlighted the challenges women face in the industry at a conference on the sidelines of Cannes.
She noted “drastic changes” on film sets from her years as a child actor, when the only women on set were the person playing her mother or the make-up artist.
But “the one arena where it hasn’t really changed at all is directing for mainstream studio movies,” she observed.
Foster said the turbulent economy and changing technologies had left studio bosses more risk-averse than ever.
“I think studio executives are scared, period, (and) for some reason women are lumped into that category of ‘too great a risk to take’.”
However Foster, who won Oscars for her roles in “Silence of the Lambs” and “The Accused,” admits that having grown up in the industry it was easier for her to become part of the boy’s club than for other women struggling to make it.
The 53-year-old is the first of a series of Hollywood stars, including Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis, who will be talking at the “Women in Motion” conference
during Cannes.
She said she did not think there was “some big plot” by men trying to put women down in the film business, but it was more about being stuck in traditional models.
She described the difficulty in placing trust in a first-time director, and placing the vision of a multi-million-dollar film in their hands.
