Actress Glenn Close discussed her role in the film adaptation of JD Vance's memoir, 'Hillbilly Elegy,' noting the family's generosity during production. She also commented on Vance's shift in political stance.
Actress Glenn Close told the co-hosts of ' The View ' on Wednesday that Vice President-elect JD Vance's family was 'generous' while they were filming the movie adaptation of his memoir ' Hillbilly Elegy .' Co-host Joy Behar asked Close about her Oscar-nominated role as Vance's grandmother 'Mamaw' in the movie, which portrayed his hardscrabble upbringing in Ohio. Close said he and his family visited the set and Vance helped the young actor who played him as boy in the film with the role.
'We all met members of the family. We all sat with them individually, you know, one-on-one and, for me, with Mamaw, I'd say, how did she walk into a room, how did she sit, how did she smoke, how did she laugh, how did she change the chemistry? So that was, you know, the family was very generous,' Close said. She then paused and said of Vance, 'I don't know what happened,' seemingly in reference to his conservative politics. Close is a longtime supporter of the Democratic Party. Behar and co-host Sunny Hostin made some jabs directed at Vance during the discussion. Vance, bolstered by the attention from the book and film adaptation, ran successfully for the U.S. Senate in Ohio in 2022 before being tapped as Donald Trump's 2024 running mate. 'He had a whole different personality in those days than he has now,' Behar said. 'A lot of people out there are like that. The Invasion of the Body Snatchers, I think, is the name of that movie.' Hostin chimed in, 'Well, now he's talking about childless cat ladies.' Reviews at the time claimed the movie fell short in depicting the working class. 'The politically conservative, anti-welfare streak in the author’s writing feels surgically removed,' Rolling Stone's David Fear wrote, while The Independent critic deemed it an 'irresponsible parade of death and despair.' Addressing the criticism in 2020, Close said that the Netflix movie 'wasn't made with politics in mind
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