Kirsten Dunst, who stars in the upcoming movie Civil War, is no fan of the news media, saying it is a “big time” driver of division in America.
She also claimed Civil War‘s fascist president isn’t based on former President Donald Trump.
Dunst addressed head on the major theme of Civil War — the political and cultural divisions in the U.S. that are ripping the country apart. And she pinpointed a major big culprit in all of that.
Dunst even spoke about the coming presidential election.
“I’m gonna vote for Biden. That’s my only option. Right?” she said, adding that she wished Democratic candidate Beto O’Rourke (D) had fared better in 2020.
Civil War, which A24 will release wide on April 12, is already generating an enormous amount of controversy for its depiction of the U.S. torn apart by warring factions. Nineteen states have seceded from the union— including something called the “Florida Alliance.” Meanwhile, a “three-term president” is trying to hold together what remains of the U.S.
Dunst dismissed notions that the fictional president is based on Trump.
Director Alex Garland took a different interpretation during the movie’s recent premiere at SXSW.
“There is a fascist president who smashed the Constitution and attacked [American] citizens. And that is a very clear, answered statement,” the director reportedly said.
In her Variety interview, Dunst didn’t shy away from other potentially hot-button subjects, like The Zone of Interest director Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech in which he refuted his Jewish identity in protest over Israel.
“My interpretation was he was saying that genocide is bad,” she said.
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