James Woods Told To Keep ‘Oppenheimer’ Ties Quiet Over Trump Support: Not What ‘My Father Shed Blood For’

Actor James Woods revealed in a rare interview that he was advised to keep his involvement with box office smash “Oppenheimer” under wraps over fears that his “pro-Trump” leanings would stand in the way of Oscars success.

Woods told Sirius XM host and Daily Wire voice talent Megyn Kelly that when he signed on to the Christopher Nolan project, there was a conversation among others associated with the film about his Twitter account.

“When ‘Oppenheimer’ came out, there was a discussion about my Twitter, and it was gently suggested that I basically remain invisible, which was painful — on the other hand, I’m a pragmatic person and I thought, a lot of people put their effort into this, so I’m just going to be an invisible pariah because the people who are going to be voting for Oscars, which is very important,” Woods said, recalling that when he had first announced his support for former President Donald Trump, he’d been unceremoniously dropped by his agent on the 4th of July.

Woods went on to explain that ultimately, because he did not want to see others who had worked on the film miss out on acclaim or awards because his name was attached to the project, he agreed to keep his role quiet.

“I don’t want to deprive those people. I don’t want to have some nutcase come out of the woodwork, fabricate some ridiculous story about me — I’ve had a million of them said, they’re all lies — I don’t want that to happen and have the clickbait story be, ‘James Woods is the executive producer, we’re not going to watch that movie!’ So I stepped back and basically took one for the team,” he said.

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“That environment is not the one my father shed blood for,” he added, referencing his late father, Gail Peyton Woods’ military service.

Gail Payton Woods 1915-1960 USN (CB) WWII Purple Heart (2)
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— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) May 25, 2015