Armie Hammer was ‘in tears’ the first time he saw the ‘hateful’ Citizen Vigilante in full

Despite its success with the right, Armie Hammer was not a fan of Uwe Boll’s Citizen Vigilante and unaware that the film would turn out the way it did, according to a new report. 

The controversial thriller landed last month and quickly became a talking point after Germany blocked its release over concerns about its anti-immigration and anti-Muslim messaging. 

Hammer plays the lead character, a wealthy American businessman who takes the law into his own hands and guns down criminal migrants in Europe. 

After Elon Musk shared the film in full on X for 48 hours, it became available on Amazon Prime in the US, where it swiftly made it to the number one spot. 

Filmmaker Uwe Boll added fuel to the fire when he accused the “woke left in Europe” of ignoring facts in an interview with Hollywood Elsewhere, before claiming that “Islamic migrants… will take over in around 30 years”.

Citizen Vigilante is also Armie Hammer’s comeback film after having been largely blacklisted by Hollywood due to multiple sexual assault and psychological abuse allegations, and expressing cannibalistic fantasies in leaked text messages. 

Given Hammer’s desire to return to acting, many assumed he knew exactly what he was signing up for. However, a new report suggests that wasn’t necessarily the case.

Armie Hammer ‘freaked the f**k out’ after seeing Citizen Vigilante

In the latest Puck newsletter from Matthew Belloni, a source within Hammer’s team claimed that the actor cried when he first saw the film in full. 

“The first time he saw it, he was in tears,” they told Belloni. “He called me and said, ‘F**k. This is hateful, disgusting.’”

If you’re wondering how this can happen, other than being dubbed the world’s worst director, Boll is famous for avoiding long scripts and instead writing short treatments for his films. 

Hammer himself touched upon this in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, saying that he only received a 50-page script after being approached to star in Citizen Vigilante. 

“I was like, ‘Where’s the rest?’” he said, before impersonating Boll’s response: “‘No, no, no! Ve just go and shoot and have fun. Ve vant you to be great!’”

He also said in the same interview that he was so desperate to get back into acting, he “would have done a f***ing cat food commercial.” 

Even so, the Hammer insider told Belloni that he was horrified by the movie. “I think he knew it certainly leaned toward the right, but Uwe works in a very frantic way,” they continued. 

“It’s not like he sent him a hundred-page script. When he saw the final product, he was, ‘That was not the movie I thought we made,’ and he freaked the f**k out.”

They also said Hammer was paid approximately $250,000 for the role. Despite being unhappy about the final results, the source indicated that Hammer would reprise his role for the sequel – if the price is right. 

“It would have to be life-changing money. Everyone has a breaking point,” they said. 

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