It is unclear whether the actors’ production company plans to take legal action against the former US president
His production company Matt Damon and Ben Affleck called the campaign managers of the former US president and current presidential candidate, Donald Trumpto stop using footage from their recent film Air.
Donald Trump posted a movie video on his Truth Social platform that included a monologue from the Affleck-directed Amazon movie starring Damon, who plays Nike marketing and sales representative Sonny Vaccaro.
“Money can buy almost anythingMatt Damon can be heard saying in the clip as footage of Trump plays. “It cannot buy you immortality – which you must earn». It is written in a caption “Make America Great Again” and there is also a link for supporters who want to donate to the campaign.
A spokesperson for Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s production company, Artists Equity, told Axios: “We had no prior knowledge of, did not consent to, and do not approve or will approve any material or audio from the film “Air” used by the Trump campaign as a political advertisement or for any other use».
Trump is now cutting web videos w/ Matt Damon’s Air monologue as narration… pic.twitter.com/cBMBOaUr0Q
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) June 10, 2023
“Specifically based on all rights available to us under US copyright law, we expressly notify that in the event of any use of material from the film ‘Air’ by the Trump campaign where approval or consent is required, we do not give such consent“, added the spokesperson.
It is unclear whether Artists Equity plans to take legal action against the former US president.
Ben Affleck, Matt Damon’s Studio says it did not approve Trump’s use of ‘Air’ speech — he shared a video to Truth Social that featured clips from his rallies alongside audio of Damon as Sonny Vaccaro in “Air.”
The campaign replied with an emoji 🙄 pic.twitter.com/wQl5JqdOi8
— Outspoken™️ (@Out5p0ken) June 11, 2023
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