franchise, Josh Brolin battled a bevy of superheroes over the fate of the world. In real life, however, the 51-year-old actor is putting his weight behind a much more local feud.
Brolin weighed in on a mid-October social media war between Santa Monica City Council member Ted Winterer and Santa Monica Problems, a provocative Twitter and Instagram account dedicated to "crime news" and “other issues plaguing the City of Santa Monica.
After Brolin reposted the organization’s response, Winterer changed course and unblocked SMP on Twitter and Instagram, and he even invited Brolin to sit for coffee, though the actor has nothing to do with the official SMP account. “Iyour Twitter account [Santa Monica Problems] because there was no name behind it and there are too many trolls and fake groups on social media,” Winterer wrote in announcing the news on Insta.
Winterer added that “it’s very clear to us in city government that our two top priorities are dealing with crime, which has gone up, and the homelessness rate, which has also gone up for a variety of reasons we can’t directly influence.” He joked that he hoped Thanos could use his influence to “snap his fingers and address our homelessness situation,” but since that’s not going to happen, he hopes that community members — as well as his peers on the council — continue to focus on solutions rather than just problems. As for Brolin? “Big fan,” Winterer said. “I’ve seen