Josh Brolin says his character in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery was not inspired by Donald Trump , whom he recalls as a former friend and “genius” in “marketing.”

In a Saturday interview with The Independent , the Oscar nominee said his portrayal of Monsignor Wicks in the latest Knives Out film was not based on the president. “I could make something up and say it was rooted in a kind of Trumpian greed,” he noted, adding that after “Wicks garners a sense of power, then there are no boundaries.”

The topic prompted Brolin to touch on his former friendship with the president, further addressing speculation of Trump running for a third term, which he predicted is “just not going to happen.”

Josh Brolin says his character in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

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