Night Agent star who played JD Vance in Hillbilly Elegy condemns actors who get political

Gabriel Basso says actors should shut the fuck up' and that they have no authority to publicly bestow political views

The actor who portrayed JD Vance in the Oscar-nominated film Hillbilly Elegy before the latter man became the vice-president of the US has said his fellow thespians should shut the fuck up" rather than express their political opinions.

Gabriel Basso - now starring in the hit Netflix series The Night Agent - made those comments on a recent episode of the Great Company podcast, cutting a stark contrast with his director on Hillbelly Elegy, Ron Howard, who previously described himself as surprised and concerned" from the campaign that ultimately left Vance a heartbeat away from the US presidency.