Costner: Politicians Watch '13 Days'
March 12 -- Fussy actor Kevin Costner is trying to convince world leaders that the key to avoiding nuclear war is seeing his recent movie Thirteen Days, which details the key events in the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.
"This is clearly a very political movie. And I do want [British Prime Minister] Tony Blair to see it," Costner, who is in London for the movie's U.K. premiere, told The Independent.
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Perhaps the star believes that his sagging box-office record — which just took another beating with the hazardous 3,000 Miles to Graceland — can get a boost from political endorsements?
"We have a very smug attitude that this problem has gone away. But the world has thousands of nuclear missiles," Costner said in the interview, which was published today. "Why do we think we're any safer than we were then? But no one wants to hear about this."
President Bush watched the flick at his home last month, even going so far as to invite the Democratic Kennedy clan over for a private viewing at the White House. Former President Clinton has apparently also seen the film.
In Days, Costner plays an adviser to John F. Kennedy, president at the time of the incident, which could have sparked World War III.
"We are moving toward the situation there was in 1962 because of the hostility and instability of certain regions of the world. People who see [Thirteen Days] will want to know more about this crisis," Costner surmised.
No word on whether Costner wants to make it mandatory for all Elvis impersonators to see the underperforming 3,000 Miles to Graceland.
Reuters contributed to this story.
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