legendary filmmaker Ron Howard has publicly announced he will not be voting for JD Vance in the upcoming election despite having directed the 2020 film adaptation of Vance's Memoir hillbilly elegy while Howard was initially focused on Vance's personal story during production he now expresses surprise and disappointment over Vance's political rhetoric as Donald Trump's Vice Presidential nominee speaking of the Toronto International Film Festival Howard emphasized the need for people to vote based on the present urging responsible participation in democracy Howard also made it clear that there's no scenario where he would vote for Trump again his comments reflect a growing distance between the filmmaker and the politician whose film portrayal didn't receive the best critical reception despite earning some Oscar nominations how's disillusionment highlights his concern about Vance's Evolution from a Storyteller of survival to a political figure with changing views