Overview
- Curry says he told Ivana Trump he liked the Plaza Hotel room décor during filming even though he “loathed” it.
- He recalls Donald Trump being “very anxious” to introduce then‑girlfriend Marla Maples to director Chris Columbus as a “brilliant actress.”
- The anecdotes were shared in an Oct. 14 Guardian career retrospective as Curry promotes his memoir Vagabond.
- Curry played the Plaza’s concierge in the 1992 sequel, and Trump, who owned the hotel, makes a brief on‑screen appearance.
- Columbus has called the cameo an “albatross” and has said Plaza access was conditioned on Trump appearing, a claim Trump denies, saying filmmakers begged him to do it.