However, Trump is not only known for his presidency in 2017 and his return to the Oval Office. Beyond his controversies, the truth is that he has had numerous cameos in which we have been able to see the businessman in his most artistic side.
In all, the next president of the United States He has 68 appearances in series and movies. However, these have been his most recognized cameos.
Donald Trump’s main cameos in series and movies
donald trump premiered in front of the spotlight with the film John Derek Ghosts can’t…do itin which he played himself. It was from there where he would show off his skills in front of the camera.
In Home Alone 2, Lost in New Yorkthe film crew was able to record at his Plaza hotel in New York but on the condition that he appear in the film. As the director commented Chris Columbus In Business Insider, the reaction was surprising: “People applauded when Trump appeared on screen. So I told my editor, ‘Leave it in the movie.’ It’s a moment for the audience.”
The series was also a space that Donald Trump managed to occupy. It was in the legendary series of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air where he played another iconic appearance. Specifically in episode 25 of the fourth season, he could be seen accompanied by his wife at the time Marla Maples. In his cameo he plays a scene in which Tatyana Ali blames him for “ruining her life.”
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Donald Trump in the series starring Will Smith.
Trump appeared in the sitcom starring Fran Drescher in the lead role. In an interview on the program Late Night with Seth Meyers, the actress revealed what was the condition that the mogul set to appear in The Nanny:
“We had a bunch of people playing themselves to make it look like the show was really happening in New York. There’s an interesting story behind that scene with Trump. I was supposed to introduce it to Trump’s character. Charles Shaughnessy (Maxwell Sheffield) and say ‘you’re all millionaires, you know each other.'”
After that, Fran Drescher said that Peter Marc Jacobsonthe co-creator of the series, received a note from the businessman’s assistant that said: “Mr. Trump is not a millionaire, he is a billionaire. Please change the script.”
The next president of the United States worked with Woody Allen. Although on this occasion, his appearance did not have much complication, since he played himself.
He also had his role in the series starring Kim Cattral, Sarah Jessica Parket, Krustin Davis and Cynthia Nixon Sex and the City.
In 2001, he would return to the big screen again with a cameo in Zoolanderbut this time hand in hand with Melania Trump.
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Ben Stiller, Trump and his wife Melania.
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