Oscar-winning scribe Aaron Sorkin said he doesn’t think studios “would agree” to make his political romantic dramedy The American President today because its messaging would deter “half” the public from wanting to go see it.

Speaking to Rolling Stone for the 30th anniversary of the film’s release, he said, “Look, [ The American President ] is a romantic comedy, but the two political issues at the heart of it were guns and the environment, right? The movie wouldn’t get made today — a studio wouldn’t agree to make it — because they would know you’ve just alienated half the potential audience, which wasn’t the case in 1995. The heroes I wrote in those two stories, they did things even though it would cost them popularity, which is not something you see professional politician

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