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Variety reports:

Robert De Niro blasted Donald Trump as a “stupid” man during the Cannes Film Festival press conference for “Killers of the Flower Moon,” comparing the former president to the twisted power player he portrays in Martin Scorsese’s crime epic, which premiered on Saturday night.

De Niro admits he struggled to connect with William Hale, saying “I don’t understand a lot about my character,” he says. “Part of him is sincere. The other part, where he’s betraying [the Osage people], there’s a feeling of entitlement.”

“It’s the banality of evil. It’s the thing we have to watch out for. We see it today, of course. We all know who I’m going to talk about. but I’m not going to say the name,” continued De Niro, a frequent and vocal critic of Trump.

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Robert De Niro rips Donald Trump while discussing “the banality of evil” in “Killers of the Flower Moon”: “We see it today and you know who I’m talking about but I’m not going to say his name. That guy is stupid.” https://t.co/YeZrO6zkFm #Cannes pic.twitter.com/AbEFa515ot

— Variety (@Variety) May 21, 2023