A major film actor said the lack of separation between the silver screen and the political arena is causing irreparable damage to the industry of filmmaking.
Actor Kurt Russell, who appears in Netflix's upcoming Christmas Chronicles: Part Two, said actors have overstepped their boundaries by wading into political matters. Russell claimed actors have relinquished their roles as societal "court jesters" and created a situation in which audiences can no longer separate actors from their political beliefs.
"I’ve always been someone who felt we are court jesters," Russell told the New York Times in an interview published on Wednesday. "That’s what we do. As far as I’m concerned, you should step away from saying anything so that you can still be seen by the audience in any character."
Russell said that although he does not believe actors are one-dimensional, some have gone too far in expressing their beliefs.
"There’s no reason entertainers can’t learn just as much as anybody else about a subject, whatever it is," Russell added. "But I think that what’s sad about it is that they lose their status as a court jester. And I’m a court jester. That’s what I was born to do. A court jester is the only one who can walk into the castle and put the king down as long as he doesn’t hit too close to home. I think that’s been a big, important part of all cultures throughout history, and I’d like to see it stay in ours."
Goldie Hawn, who co-stars with Russell in the Netflix special, said news of cinemas shuttering due to the economic downturn resulting from coronavirus restrictions has many in the industry searching for what comes next.
"We’re all trying to figure out what to do," said Hawn of the state of Hollywood. "I mean, when you look at how AMC has only so much money to exist before it goes away. When you see that big screen and people are in there engaging, there’s nothing like it. It makes me very melancholy to know that that could be over."
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