{"id":2388090,"date":"2025-01-08T19:46:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T00:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hillbilly-elegy-star-glenn-close-takes-swipes-at-vance-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T19:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T00:48:08","slug":"hillbilly-elegy-star-glenn-close-takes-swipes-at-vance-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hillbilly-elegy-star-glenn-close-takes-swipes-at-vance-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillbilly Elegy star Glenn Close takes swipes at Vance &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhillbilly-elegy-star-glenn-close-takes-swipes-at-vance-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2388090&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In\u2064 a\u2064 recent interview, Glenn Close, who received an\u200b Oscar nomination for her role in teh film *Hillbilly Elegy*, expressed\u200d her disappointment\u2064 in J.D. Vance, the politician \u2063whose memoir inspired the\u2062 film. Close portrayed Vance&#8217;s grandmother in the\u2062 movie and noted that she no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-releases-canadian-pastor-jailed-for-alleged-health-order-violation-suggests-he-shepherds-his-church-poorly\/\" title=\"Judge Releases Canadian Pastor Jailed For Alleged Health Order Violation, Suggests He Shepherds His Church Poorly\">longer recognizes<\/a> Vance as the same \u2062person she depicted. Her remarks highlight a important shift in her perception of\u200c the \u2062politician following her performance \u2063and the insights gained from that experience.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Hillbilly Elegy star Glenn Close takes swipes at Vance<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1930301\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Glenn Close, Oscar-nominee for her role in the <em>Hillbilly Elegy<\/em> film based on Vice President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joy-behar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"J.D. Vance\">J.D. Vance<\/a>&lsquo;s memoir, says she no longer recognizes the politician after playing his grandmother.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>During an appearance on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/the-view\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"The View\">The View<\/a><\/em>  on Wednesday, she was asked by co-host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joy-behar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joy Behar\">Joy Behar<\/a> about her portrayal of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">incoming vice president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s grandmother.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Speaking of vice presidents &mdash; in 2020, you played J.D. Vance&rsquo;s mamaw, his grandmother, in <em>Hillbilly Elegy,<\/em> and the movie was based on his bestselling memoir. I remember him hawking it in the old days,&rdquo; Behar said to Close, adding, &ldquo;He even visited the set at the time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2748232&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=b5121c1d84a49fd8841d90a258896fd1\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Close responded, &ldquo;He did, and he helped young Owen [Asztalos], who was playing him [at a younger age]. He helped him. We all met members of the family. We all sat with them individually, one-on-one.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The actress said she observed how Vance&rsquo;s grandmother &ldquo;walked and talked&rdquo; in her effort to portray her character accurately in the movie.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For me, with Mamaw, I&rsquo;d say, &lsquo;How did she walk into a room? How did she sit? How did she smoke? How did she laugh? How did she change the chemistry?&rsquo; The family was very generous,&rdquo; Close said.<\/p>\n<p>Behar jumped in to suggest Vance was a different person then than his current &ldquo;personality.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He had a whole different personality in those days than he has now,&rdquo; Behar asserted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what happened,&rdquo; Close replied as the audience laughed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A lot of people out there are like that. The<em> Invasion of the Body Snatchers<\/em> I think is the name of that movie,&rdquo; Behar added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yeah, yeah, power is probably the biggest aphrodisiac for a human being,&rdquo; Close continued, affirming Behar&rsquo;s suggestion that Vance was different than his humble beginnings in his autobiography.<\/p>\n<p>The actress also added that she thought Vance&rsquo;s grandmother was &ldquo;fantastic&rdquo; and admitted that she was actually &ldquo;toning her down&rdquo; in her portrayal during the movie.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In August, Close took digs at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-republicans-meet-at-state-capitol-in-wisconsin-vote-for-gop-slate-of-electors\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Republicans Meet at State Capitol in Wisconsin \u2013 Vote for GOP Slate of Electors\">vice president-elect<\/a> for his controversial quote about &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vances-past-backing-of-ivf-contradicts-jennifer-anistons-social-media-criticism-reports-the-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"JD Vance&#039;s past backing of IVF contradicts Jennifer Aniston&#039;s social media criticism, reports the Washington Examiner\">childless cat ladies<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Eve would have left a bleeding mouse head in the bed of anyone who criticized any kind of lady with a CAT!&rdquo; Close <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C-iLcWptotP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=d3c74ae1-0ca0-4299-ae33-3c57c11de743\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"wrote in an Instagram post\">wrote in an Instagram post<\/a> with a picture of her cat during the presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1930301\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1930301\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glenn Close critiques J.D. 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