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‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Director Ron Howard Is ‘Concerned’ About Trump-Vance Rhetoric: ‘We Gotta Get Out and Vote — for Whomever, but Be Thoughtful’


The director told Variety that there's "no version of me voting for Donald Trump to be President again," and stressed the importance of voting.

Ron Howard, the director behind “ Hillbilly Elegy ” and “A Beautiful Mind,” stressed to Variety the importance of exercising one’s right to vote in this upcoming presidential election in November. The director stopped by Variety’s Toronto Film Festival Studio to promote his upcoming movie “ Eden,” along with the cast, including Sydney Sweeney, Jude Law, Ana de Armas, and Daniel Brühl. There, the director was asked about his previous work adapting current Vice Presidental Candidate JD Vance’s memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” into the 2020 film starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close.

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