Morgan Freeman, Bill Pullman and More Movie Presidents Give Advice to Joe Biden in New Video

President Joe Biden catches up with some Hollywood presidents.

Before Thursday’s State of the Union address, Biden, 81, tapped actors who have played presidents on television and in film: Michael Douglas, Geena Davis, Bill Pullman, Morgan Freeman and Tony Goldwyn for advice.

“You may have heard me give a big speech. So I thought I’d hear from some people who have already done the job — in a way,” Biden wrote X (formerly known as Twitter). “I’ve never talked to so many presidents at once.”

Freeman, 86, offers the first tip — as a former commander-in-chief from A deep impact — and jokes about what he had to deal with as president.

“Well, sir, as president, all I had to deal with was a meteor,” Freeman began. “One of the things that came out of my speaking to people was hope. Hope is the strongest force we have in this country.”

Morgan Freeman in “Deep Impact.”.

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Then Scandal star Goldwyn, 63, noted that his tenure was not always appropriate and began his advice by noting how he had “behaved very badly”.

Goldwyn, who played President Fitzgerald Grant III on the ABC series, offered: “Tell them you’re there for them. Tell them they make you a better person.” He then mentioned Kerry Washington’s party and told Biden to “chill out with some popcorn and red wine.”

Tony Goldwyn in “Scandal.”.

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Davis joked about it during her tenure on the Fox series commander in chief“every week was a new crisis” that she had to “face”.

Davis, 68, ended her advice by adding a note mentioning another of her popular projects, A league of its ownand told Biden, “No crying policy.”

Geena Davis in the movie “Commander in Chief”.

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American president actor Douglas shared some wisdom on approaching the presidency and leadership with love.

“From my experience as commander in chief, I’ve learned that having a loving partner makes all the difference,” said Douglas, 79. “Love and compassion as a leader are strengths. They are not weaknesses and are key to your character.”

Like other presidents, he also cheekily referred to his film and told Biden, “Don’t forget to save the dance for the first lady in the East Room.”

Michael Douglas in “The American President”.

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Independence Day star Pullman closed the video by joking that he “had it easy” during his presidency, adding, “We just had invaders coming from outer space that wanted to mess with us, and that unites people.”

Brent Spiner, Bill Pullman and James Rebhorn in “Independence Day.”

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Pullman, 70, directly quoted his film and shared, “One thing is that we cannot be consumed by our petty differences and we will be united in our common interests.”

The actor then said, “When people look at everything you’ve been able to do, they’ll remember, time will remember, always, the importance of your words when you say that thing about, ‘There’s nothing, there’s nothing we can’t do when we do it together. ‘”

President Biden will address a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol on Thursday at 9:00 PM ET

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