Werner Herzog Reveals His ‘Great, Strange Fascination’ With Donald Trump

Many Hollywood stars openly oppose Donald Trump and his political agenda. However, German filmmaker Werner Herzog sees the US President with some kind of fascination.

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“He’s the first time you have a real independent. [Trump has] turned against the Republican Party, and he’s vehemently against the media, justifiably so to some degree, and I find this a very significant novelty,” the “Grizzly Mandirector told Rolling Stone. “Trump and Bernie Sanders stuck out because he’s authentic. And it’s mysterious how Trump is getting away with literally everything. I see it with great, strange fascination. Very, very unusual.”

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The director has two films coming out in April. “Salt and Fire,” an ecological thriller starring Michael Shannon, Gael García Bernal and Veronica Ferres, hits theaters on the 7. “Queen of the Desert,” a chronicle of Gertrude Bell’s life, starring Nicole Kidman, James Franco and Robert Pattinson, comes out on the 14.

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