Former President Donald Trump's unexpected pick for running mate has turned many in the political world on a dime, including someone who formerly seemed to have a very positive impression of Ohio Republican J.D. Vance.

Vance rose to prominence partially due to a biopic made about his life, called "Hillbilly Elegy," which starred some of Hollywood's most respected actors and saw massive success.

The renowned Andy Griffith Show alumnus Ron Howard, who directed the movie, appeared to have a good relationship with the subject of his movie.

However, in a recent interview, Ron Howard announced that he won’t be voting for the former president and Vance in the upcoming election, as The New York Post reported.

From the Filmmaker

The famous filmmaker, 70, despite his history with Vance, 40, who wrote the memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” that was adapted into a 2020 Netflix film directed by Howard, won't be putting his weight behind the family name.

Howard now views Vance differently since he is Donald Trump's vice presidential nominee for November.

“Well, we didn’t talk a lot of politics when we were making the movie because I was interested in his upbringing and that survival tale. That’s what we mostly focused on,” Howard said in an interview with Deadline at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday.

“However,” Howard continued, “based on the conversations that we had during that time, I just have to say I’m very surprised and disappointed by much of the rhetoric that I’m reading and hearing. People do change, and I assume that’s the case. Well, it’s on record.”

Speaking to Vance

The director talked about his times conversing with Vance, saying “When we spoke around the time that I knew him, he was not involved in politics or claimed to be particularly interested. So that was then. I think the important thing is to recognize what’s going on today and to vote.”

Howard added, “It’s not really about a movie made five or six years ago. It is, but we need to respond to what we’re seeing, hearing, feeling now, and vote responsibly, whatever that is. We must participate. That’s my answer.”

At the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Howard gave an interview to Variety in which he stated that he has "been surprised and concerned by a lot of the rhetoric" that has come from the Trump-Vance campaign.

Another statement made by the winner of the Academy Award was, "There' s no version of me voting for Donald Trump to be president again, whoever the vice president was.”

From Vance

As for the Republican VP nominee, the Ohioan seems to have been fairly consistent about himself as a person, writing in the 2016 book that he came from a working-class Appalachian family before making his way to Yale Law School.

The film featured Glenn Close in the role of Vance's grandmother, Amy Adams in the role of Vance's mother, and Gabriel Basso in the role of Vance himself. Owen Asztalos portrayed a younger version of Vance.

When it was first released, "Hillbilly Elegy" was not met with rave reviews. It was referred to as "one of the worst movies of the year" by The Atlantic, while the A.V. Club referred to it as "bootstrapping poverty porn" that "reinforces the stereotypes it insists it's illuminating."

It did, however, garner two Oscar nominations: one for Best Makeup and Hairstyling and one for Best Supporting Actress, for 77-year-old Close.