Robert Davi claims Hollywood blacklist persists over Trump support

After previously saying that he felt blacklisted by Hollywood due to his support for President Donald Trump that began in 2015, Robert Davi this week said he feels like it’s continuing “to some extent.”

“It’s still ongoing, but it might be lightening up, I think,” the “Die Hard” actor told Raymond Arroyo on his “Arroyo Grande” podcast. “I don’t know, and it’s among certain elements of the industry. In other words, you’ll never know exactly where the button gets pushed.”

Davi said many times his manager will tell him someone is interested in him for a project, then it doesn’t come through because he suspects “it goes up the flagpole to somebody and then, all of a sudden, it gets wiped out, but it absolutely is because there’s no reason for it.” 

But, he said there’s no way of gauging how many projects he’s lost because of his political leanings, especially since he knows there’s some he never even hears about.