Trump Cabinet Wife Directs and Stars in New B Movie
by EG
Louise Linton, the wife of US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, is infamous for her let-them-eat-cake image, but she's trying to replace it with a new image as a filmmaker. The B-movie actress is getting the opportunity to make a B movie of her own, and she's taking full advantage of her privilege. Read on for details.
Louise Linton is clutching a knife.
It's long and so sharp that she's calling it a "real kuh-nife," a pronunciation that sticks the landing thanks to her unmistakable Scottish accent. The tip is pointed toward her yellow Alexandre Vauthier stilettos, which are planted on the concrete floor of Popsicle Studios, a warehouse space three miles south of L.A.'s 10 Freeway, next to a scrap metal shop and around the corner from discount grocery chain Food-4-Less.
It's just after 2 p.m. and Linton delivers a commanding "Action!" to the dozen crewmembers gathered inside on this humid Monday in July, when Popsicle's ceiling is lit up by pink, purple and white neon, shining down on eight luxury cars. She struts out from behind a Maserati and makes her way toward a icy blue Lamborghini to hunt down actor Ed Westwick, her co-star and "co-pilot" on the independent feature Me, You, Madness.
Linton, wife of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, wrote the script, is producing through her company, Stormchaser Films, and makes her directorial debut on the campy, '80s-inspired serial killer romp. She's aware that the image she's most closely associated with is the one from 2017 — that infamous snapshot of her alongside her Washington, D.C.-based husband clutching a fresh sheet of George Washingtons at the U.S. Mint — but she’s ready to change the narrative.
"This movie is really designed to be a feast for the eyes and to make people laugh. I took the opportunity to play on my reputation — which is completely off-base — by making my character a self-absorbed, narcissistic, homicidal sociopath," she tells The Hollywood Reporter. "She's completely and utterly uninhibited, and I like that, because in my life, I do feel inhibited because of politics. What I really wish people would understand is that I'm not a politician. I am a filmmaker. I have nothing to do with politics. I'm not a Democrat and I'm not a Republican, and I'm not interested, really, in politics."
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