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Veteran actor Jeff Daniels recently appeared on The View to promote his latest Netflix satire, A Man in Full. During the panel discussion, Daniels reminisced about the iconic character Harry Dunne from his 2014 hit Dumb and Dumber. While he was asked if he channeled his ‘inner’ Donald Trump for the character, Daniels actually revealed it was Eric Trump, not the impeached president, who served as the basis for his inspiration.
“The key to Harry Dunne was, don’t act dumb, be dumb,” he explained to the co-hosts. “So, for whatever reason, I determined that he had an IQ of eight. Single digit IQ — not seven, not nine, eight.” The two-time Emmy winner added that he acted out the character as if he was ‘on a half-second’ delay. In response, co-host Joy Behar wondered aloud if he drew inspiration from Donald to play Harry. Instead, Daniels leaned forward in his chair and joked, ‘Eric.
