Juliet Stevenson Calls Trump 'Blatantly Stupid' — SkimNews
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- Juliet Stevenson listed Putin, Musk, Trump, Erdoğan, Modi, and Netanyahu as her 'nemeses,' calling Trump 'so uneducated, so corrupt, so evidently, blatantly stupid' and decrying — as a politically engaged 68-year-old — the rollback of women's, civil, and human rights.
- In Dustfall, airing Sundays at 8:20pm on ABC TV and later on BBC, Stevenson plays Olivia, mother of Anna Torv's character — a hands-off parent who 'comes breezing back in, gets drunk and stoned.'
- Truly Madly Deeply, written for her by Anthony Minghella, is Stevenson's most personally fulfilling film role for its unglamorous depiction of grief with 'all the snot'; she also recalled a 45-minute London street conversation with a mother whose daughter had died, marking the first time a fan approached her.
- Stevenson auditioned for Margaret in Howards End (Emma Thompson's eventual part) shortly after her father's sudden death and 'messed up so badly' she never wanted to watch the finished film.
- Stevenson rejected the modern casting mandate to 'play nearer your own lived experience,' arguing 'what's the word "act" mean, then?' — and said she deliberately seeks roles that push her out of comfort zones.
Why it matters: Built to promote *Dustfall*, but Stevenson's 'Trump is blatantly stupid' line and her nemeses list is what outlets will quote. Politically engaged since 16 and now 68, she treats the celebrity-with-platform role as automatic. Her unrestrained naming of six government and tech leaders is a deliberate refusal of the usual interview pleasantries.
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