Owen Wilson: Trump is the Charlie Sheen of politics

Donald Trump is the Charlie Sheen of politics, at least according to actor and comedian Owen Wilson.

The staunchly liberal Wilson said he’s been enjoying watching Trump shake up the Republican presidential field, he told The Daily Beast in an interview.


“You can’t help but get a kick out of him, and I think part of it is we’re so used to politicians on both sides sounding like actors at press junkets — it’s sort of by rote, and they say all the right things,” he said. “So here’s somebody who’s not following that script. It’s like when Charlie Sheen was doing that stuff — like, wow! He’s answering a question completely honestly, and in an entertaining way. You sort of feel he could be a character from ‘Network.’”

The actor, however, said he doesn’t view Trump as a serious contender for the White House.

“I don’t know if I’m not taking it as seriously as I should,” he said. “But when he said he was going down to the border and he showed up at a press conference and said, ‘Now I’m going out to the border and I hope I’ll see you later’ — sort of suggesting that it was so dangerous that who knows if I’ll see you later. … I don’t know, it was just funny to me. The guy is a showman. You have to sort of get a kick out of the guy. It is entertaining, for sure. That’s why people are tuning in.”