‘Swing Vote’: Talking Movies, Politics with Kevin Costner
By Emily Christianson, Hollywood.com Staff
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Monday, August 04, 2008
“Clearly Swing Vote isn't a public service announcement, but I think it might be better than that because it doesn't preach,” says Kevin Costner of his new comedy. If anything, he hopes the “comedic ride” will lead fans to ask the fundamental question, “Who am I going to be moving forward.”
Hopefully not like his character Bud, a beer swigging single dad who can’t keep a job. A charismatic loser who turns out to be the one person in America who can decide the election between President Andrew Boone (Kelsey Grammer) and his opponent Donald Greenleaf (Dennis Hopper). With Bud’s apathetic attitude toward politics, it will take his precocious daughter Molly (Madeline Carroll) to help steer him in the right direction.
Hollywood.com caught up with Costner to talk politics, the new film and more.
Hollywood.com: Do you think it's a positive or negative that this movie is coming out in an election year?
Kevin Costner: I've had to debate that because I thought perhaps we'd be dealing with voter fatigue by now and maybe people just going, 'Enough already. I want to just see another superhero. Get it up there as quick as you can.' But I think I can't see it as a negative now. I think it might be able to help us.
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