There was no bullying in Donald Trump’s 1992 cameo Home alone 2The former president is responding to allegations from the film’s director, Chris Columbus, that he “bullied” him in the film.
“Nothing could be further from the truth,” Trump said on social media Wednesday. “This cameo contributed to the success of the film. But if they felt bullied or didn’t want me, why did they lock me up there and keep me there for over thirty years?’
Trump said he was asked to appear, but he was “very busy” at the time and “didn’t want to do it.” But the filmmakers were “persistent,” so he agreed.
Trump is accused of a quid pro quo for the shooting at his Plaza Hotel.
“Like most places in New York City, you just pay a fee and you can shoot at that place,” Columbus said. “We approached the Plaza Hotel, which was owned by Trump at the time, because we wanted to film in the lobby. “We couldn’t rebuild The Plaza on a solid stage,” Columbus said in an interview with Business Insider.
“Trump said okay. We paid the fee, but he also said, ‘The only way I can use the plaza is when I’m in the movie,’” Columbus explained. “So we agreed to put him in the film, and when we showed the film for the first time, the strangest thing happened: people cheered when Trump appeared on the screen. So I said to my editor, ‘Leave him in the film.’ It’s an audience moment.’ But he could talk in the film.”
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York was released in 1992, two years after the original. The sequel follows Culkin’s Kevin McCallister, who gets lost in the Big Apple while his family travels to Florida. McCallister is wanted again by the Law Bandits after escaping from prison.
Armando Tinoco contributed to this story.
Source: Deadline
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