No, this is not the cast of “Expendables 5.”
President-elect Donald Trump tapped three long-time supporters — actors Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight — as “Special Ambassadors to Hollywood” Thursday, ostensibly to help boost business in “troubled” Tinseltown.
“[They’ll be] Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood, California,” the 78-year-old Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“They will serve as Special Envoys to me for the purpose of bringing Hollywood, which has lost much business over the last four years to Foreign Countries, BACK—BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!”
The stars’ actual duties weren’t immediately clear, but Trump said the trio would be his “eyes and ears” in the movie industry, “and I will get done what they suggest.
“It will again be, like The United States of America itself, The Golden Age of Hollywood!”
Thursday’s announcement — which comes days before Trump takes office as the 47th president Monday — is an apparent response to the post-COVID-19 slump in US box office receipts, along with a financial hit from the 2023 writers and actors strike.
Overall US TV and movie production is down 26% from 2021, according to data from the platform ProdPro.
Stallone, Gibson and Voight are all outspoken Trump fans, unlike the majority of Hollywood celebrities, who overwhelmingly supported Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
In November, Stallone, 78, called Trump the “second George Washington” while introducing him at the America First Policy Institute Gala.
“We are in the presence of a really mythical character. Nobody in the world could have pulled off what he pulled off, so I’m in awe,” the “Rocky” star said at the time.
“When George Washington defended his country, he had no idea that he was going to change the world because, without him, you could imagine what the world would look like. Guess what? We’ve got the second George Washington. Congratulations!”
Gibson, 69, also backed Trump in the 2024 election while bashing Harris as unintelligent.
“I know what it’ll be like if we let her in,” the “Braveheart” star told TMZ in October. “That ain’t good. A miserable track record, an appalling track record, no policies to speak of, and she’s got the IQ of a fence post.”
Meanwhile, “Midnight Cowboy” alum Voight, 86, once called Trump the “greatest president since Abraham Lincoln.”
It’s unclear if the trio of right-leaning celebrities will attend Trump’s inauguration in Washington, DC Monday.
