(Reuters) A French court has ruled that Clint Eastwood cannot testify during the trial of a suspected Islamist gunman, whose attack on a high-speed train was thwarted by three Americans, who later played themselves in a movie by the U.S. actor and director.
The trial of Moroccan national Ayoub el Khazzani, who opened fire aboard a Thalys train traveling through northern Europe in August 2015, started on Monday in Paris.
Khazzani’s lawyer had asked before the trial began that the court call Eastwood as a witness, claiming that he could “shed some light” on the authenticity of scenes depicted in his movie.
Eastwood’s movie is based on a book written by the trio entitled “The 15:17 to Paris: The True Story of a Terrorist, a Train, and Three American Heroes.”
