Current Events > Ben Stiller Says He Won't Cut Donald Trump from Zoolander Amid Fan Backlash

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https://www.indiewire.com/2020/07/ben-stiller-donald-trump-zoolander-backlash-1234572837/

Ben Stiller has revealed that, despite outcry from fans calling for a brief scene featuring the current United States President to be cut from the film, he wont be editing Donald Trump out of his 2001 comedy Zoolander. Stiller discussed the controversy on a recent episode of The Daily Beasts podcast The New Abnormal. Ive had people reach out to me and say, you should edit Donald Trump out of Zoolander,' Stiller said, referring to a scene set at the VH1 Fashion Awards that includes Donald and Melania Trump as red-carpet interviewees discussing the greatness of self-obsessed male model Derek Zoolander. But at the end of the day, that was a time when that exists and that happened, said Stiller about requests to edit the film. Zoolander isnt Donald Trumps only screen appearance. By this logic, his appearances would also require removal from films such as Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Two Weeks Notice, The Little Rascals, and Celebrity, as well as the series The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Spin City, Sex and the City, Suddenly Susan, The Drew Carey Show, All My Children, and The Nanny. Theres also the longtime reality series Trump executive-produced, The Apprentice. There were so many movies [back then] that had a silly cameo from Donald Trump, Ben Stiller, who directed and starred in Zoolander, said. He represented a certain thing.

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Imagine thinking about Zoolander in 2020.
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The internet was a mistake

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Lebronwon posted...

By this logic, his appearances would also require removal from films such as Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Two Weeks Notice, The Little Rascals, and Celebrity, as well as the series The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Spin City, Sex and the City, Suddenly Susan, The Drew Carey Show, All My Children, and The Nanny.

Didn't they cut him from Home Alone 2 over the holidays? I recall seeing that in the news.


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people are such fucking babies

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The book burners are relentless in 2020.

That's good, stop censoring old movies because the 0.00000001% of people don't know what a "work of it's time" is.
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fightin_irish42 posted...

Didn't they cut him from Home Alone 2 over the holidays? I recall seeing that in the news.

Only on one network's airing along with other scenes for time purposes iirc

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DeadBankerDream posted...

Imagine thinking about Zoolander in 2020.

That's a good movie but yeah this is fucking absolute mental.

Can't wait for the #CANCELTHELITTLERASCALS thing to trend next

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i refuse to believe anyone gives a flying fuck about zoolander.

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What level of privileged scumbag has the time on their hands to worry about something like this?

I dislike Trump as much as any sane person with basic morals and human decency does, but removing his small cameo from an old film isn't going to change anything.

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DeadBankerDream posted...

Imagine thinking about Zoolander in 2020.

Movies hilarious.

I feel him but he should of stopped talking right before that "You'd have to cut him out all movies then" stuff. He gave people something to cling onto and ignore the better argument.

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Hop103 posted...

That's good, stop censoring old movies because the 0.00000001% of people don't know what a "work of it's time" is.

This.

If you really need to just put the disclaimer "this movie is a product of it's time" in front of every movie, including brand new ones. I mean such a thing should be evident, but still if it unrustles some jimmies go ahead and include it.

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I had no idea he was on All My Children. That's funny because my mom was a fan of that show for like 30 years and she despises Trump

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What's this? A movie edit for ants!?

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HylianFox posted...

What's this? A movie edit for ants!?

XD.

My cousin does that cough Zoolander does. I adapted it and then my friend adapted it off me. Shit still cracks me up every time.

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Lost_All_Senses posted...

XD.

My cousin does that cough Zoolander does. I adapted it and then my friend adapted it off me. Shit still cracks me up every time.

try using the Blue Steel look at interviews

it works!

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although there is a certain delightful irony in a movie about a vain egotistical moron having a Trump cameo removed...

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Funkydog posted...

but removing his small cameo from an old film isn't going to change anything.

stuff like this is frequently used for a distraction from actual change
instead of preventing the police from killing black people, you get BLM blvd

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OMG, are anti-Trumpers really that butthurt about Trump? jfc

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Do they still have to pay him if they don't show him?
or whats up with that

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1. I didn't even know he was in that movie lol
2. Good. I hate people that want to censor old movies and shows cuz of dumb shit like this

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But at the end of the day, that was a time when that exists and that happened, said Stiller about requests to edit the film. Zoolander isnt Donald Trumps only screen appearance. By this logic, his appearances would also require removal from films such as Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Two Weeks Notice, The Little Rascals, and Celebrity, as well as the series The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Spin City, Sex and the City, Suddenly Susan, The Drew Carey Show, All My Children, and The Nanny. Theres also the longtime reality series Trump executive-produced, The Apprentice. There were so many movies [back then] that had a silly cameo from Donald Trump, Ben Stiller, who directed and starred in Zoolander, said. He represented a certain thing.

*looks at other posters* "HE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT."
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WashYourHands posted...

The internet was a mistake

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What does a piece like this set out to do? Why is the general public supposed to care about this one way or the other?

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Good on him. That's fuckin stupid

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