He hopes to make Hollywood “stronger than ever”, he said, announcing that he is appointing Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight as “special ambassadors”, whose aim will be to bring back business lost in “foreign countries”. .
“I am honored to announce Jon Voight, Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone as special ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood, California,” Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday (1/16).
“They will serve as my special emissaries to bring Hollywood – which has lost a lot of business over the past four years overseas – back bigger, better and stronger than ever before. These three very talented people will be my eyes and ears and I will do whatever they suggest. It will be again, like the United States of America itself, the golden age of Hollywood!” wrote Donald Trump.
Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone have been staunch supporters of Trump in recent years.
Sylvester Stallone introduced the president-elect at a gala at Mar-a-Lago in November, calling him “the second George Washington.” He recently starred in the Paramount+ drama ‘Tulsa King’ and co-wrote and produced the Jason Statham action film ‘Working Man’.
Mel Gibson has expressed his support for Donald Trump in the 2024 election. In fact, after being on the Hollywood “blacklist” for years after making anti-Semitic comments, he returned to direct the Oscar-winning film “Hacksaw Ridge” in 2016.
Jon Voight spoke at length about his admiration for Trump in a Variety cover story last year. He recently appeared in Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis and the biopic Reagan, starring Dennis Quaid as President Ronald Reagan.
Trump’s announcement comes four days before his inauguration in Washington and while wildfires have destroyed thousands of homes and buildings in South Los Angeles. Many businesses are struggling to recover and the cost is estimated at around $250 billion. Also, the domestic box office in 2024 was down from the previous year.
