Robert De Niro stars as William Hale in 'Killers of the Flower Moon'
Actor
Robert De Niro took a swing at former U.S president Donald Trump, calling
him ‘stupid’ during the Cannes press conference for Killers of the Flower
Moon.
As he expressed his views on the evil character (William
Hale) he portrays in the film, De Niro said that he doesn’t fully understand
the character, “I don’t understand a lot about my character,”
“Part of him is sincere. The other part, where he’s betraying
[the Osage people], there’s a feeling of entitlement,” he added.
Weighing
in on people of ambiguous morality, he said, “It’s the banality of evil.
It’s the thing we have to watch out for. We see it today, of course. We all
know who I’m going to talk about. but I’m not going to say the name,”
The
veteran actor then aimed at the former president and quipped, “That guy is
stupid. Imagine if you’re smart. Even Hale was smart in many ways.”
He further expressed his astonishment saying, “There are people
who still think he can do a good job. Imagine how insane that is.”
Killers
of the Flower Moon revolves around the events that took place in the early
1920s. When weighty oil reserves were discovered on the Osage nation’s land,
a number of murders followed. The movie also portrays how the newly founded
FBI investigated those murders.
