Director Removes Anti-Trump Material From Film, Wins Box Office

“If movies get political when they’re meant to be fun, then it weighs everything down a bit too much.”

We don't want to shock any of our readers, but a major Hollywood director actually did something praiseworthy. He made a choice that put the audience (and, yes, ticket sales) ahead of scoring a few cheap political points.

Matthew Vaughn, director of the new movie Kingsman: The Golden Circle, told Entertainment Weekly that he actually “toned down” some of the more political comments in the editing process before the film was released.

The script originally featured at least two references to Trump, one in the dialogue when the film’s villain, played by Julianne Moore, expresses her desire to host Trump's former show, NBC’s The Apprentice.

“We actually took out the Apprentice line,” said Vaughn, “because we felt it was too close to the bone. I think America’s going through a pretty interesting and rough ride at the moment and I wanted this movie to be escapism. And that means not suddenly have half the audience going, ‘That’s not cool, that’s not funny!’ as the other half is cheering.”

That same impulse control also led to one of the film’s pivotal sets being redesigned:

 

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