It has become the trendy thing recently to ask celebrities their opinions on the 2016 presidential race, particularly what they think of Donald Trump’s candidacy.
Earlier this week, The Hollywood Reporter got some of the biggest movie stars on the planet at the Toronto International Film Festival not only to talk about the 2016 field, but to say which celebrities they think would do a good job in the Oval Office.
The video kicks off with actress Zoe Kazan saying her “Our Brand is Crisis” co-star Sandra Bullock would make an excellent president, to which Bullock replied, “Because I’d do such a good job. I’d clean this s— up.”
Ellen Page, who recently made headlines for attacking Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for his views on gay marriage, said she could see Oprah Winfrey as president. Page’s “Into the Forest” co-star Evan Rachel Wood proceeded to point at her and yell, “Ellen Page for president!”
“The Daughter” star Geoffrey Rush voiced his distaste for the concept of celebrities in office with a tart, “I don’t like the idea of a celebrity president,” while “About Ray” star Naomi Watts echoed that idea with a similar sentiment: “Let’s leave that to the politicians.”
Other names that were thrown out for president included documentarian Michael Moore, actor and philanthropist Sean Penn and actor Paul Giamatti.
Emily Blunt, promoting her new film “Sicario” with co-stars Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin, was the only one to mention an actual politician, saying, “Elizabeth Warren is pretty impressive as well.”
Blunt lived up to her name when it came to her opinion on the current crop of GOP candidates.
“I became an American citizen recently,” said the native Brit. “And that night, we watched the Republican debate. And I thought, ‘This was a terrible mistake. What have I done?'”
Brolin was the first to broach the topic of Trump, along with another famous face who said he is going to run for president in 2020.
“I don’t know who’d be great,” said the man who portrayed George W. Bush in 2008’s “W.” “We have Kanye now, which I just learned. And we have Trump. Two guys who understand, by the way, the art of conviction.”
Matt Damon, who was at the festival to hawk “The Martian,” said Trump’s appeal was that he was a “no-nonsense, tell it like it is” kind of guy.
Davis Guggenheim, the documentarian behind the upcoming “He Named Me Malala” about Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, called the GOP field a “Republican clown car” and said he thinks Trump’s campaign will eventually “crash and burn.”
Bullock, who plays a political strategist in “Our Brand is Crisis,” ended the sit-down by summing up what she would like in a president.
“How about, like, someone who really cares about our country and wants to make it great for everyone and equal for everyone?” she asked. “That’s a crazy concept! I think we should put that out there as an idea.”
