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Night Agent star who played JD Vance in Hillbilly Elegy condemns actors who get political

Gabriel Basso says actors should ‘shut the fuck up’ and that they have no authority to publicly bestow political views

Gabriel Basso – now starring in the hit Netflix series The Night Agent – made those comments on a recent episode of the Great Company podcast, cutting a stark contrast with his director on Hillbelly Elegy, Ron Howard, who previously described himself as “surprised and concerned” from the campaign that ultimately left Vance a heartbeat away from the US presidency. Topics explored by the book and movie include Vance’s recollection of a volatile childhood in Middletown, Kentucky, as his mother struggled with opioid addiction – before he became a US senator for Ohio and served as Donald Trump’s running mate as he successfully campaigned for a second presidency in November. Vance again raised eyebrows on Friday, when at the Munich Security Conference he accused European leaders of suppressing free speech, failing to halt illegal migration and loathing voters’ true beliefs.

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