Francis Ford Coppola Says He Purposefully Cast 'Canceled' Actors in New Movie 'Megalopolis'
Francis Ford Coppola is addressing the controversial cast of his new movie Megalopolis. The upcoming movie features cast members Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, and Dustin Hoffman, all of whom have found themselves in some headline-making controversies. Shia has been publicly accused of assaulting former girlfriends, Jon is a devout supporter of Donald Trump, and Dustin has allegedly assaulted former co-stars.
In a new interview, Coppola explained why he purposefully included “canceled” actors in the movie. Keep reading to find out more…“What I didn’t want to happen is that we’re deemed some woke Hollywood production that’s simply lecturing viewers,” Coppola told Rolling Stone. “The cast features people who were canceled at one point or another.
There were people who are archconservatives and others who are extremely politically progressive. But we were all working on one film together.
That was interesting, I thought.” Coppola went on to say that Shia has a very method process that he respects. “I did a weird thing with Megalopolis because I could only rehearse with about a third of the cast, maybe a little more.
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