Actor Robert Davi said there are plenty of “closeted conservatives” in Hollywood who are scared to speak out because they live in fear. Davi has been in several widely popular movies, including playing Timothy Dalton-era James Bond villain Franz Sanchez in “License to Kill” and critical roles in “The Goonies” and “Die Hard.” However, in recent years, Davi said he’s been focused on independent projects and has even had a hard time promoting his recent film “Bardejov” because mainstream Hollywood shuns anyone who expresses conservative views.

Davi told Fox News Digital, “I’ve always wanted to start a movement in SAG. You talk about diversity, equity and inclusion, except if you’re a conservative and you think differently. That’s the hypocrisy of the left. The left is the most hypocritical group of people you’ll ever meet. I know for a fact there are closeted conservatives that are afraid to speak out.” Davi, a classic cinema buff who yearns for an A-list celebrity to speak out the way Ronald Reagan did in the 1940s and ’50s, said modern Hollywood conservatives are put in a “fearful mindset” and afraid to speak their mind, which has resulted in a reluctance to express support for Israel.

He said, “Just like in Hollywood, you can’t say, ‘I’m pro-Trump’ or ‘conservative,’ because you’ll get denigrated for it.” As a result, Davi feels many Hollywood bigwigs are simply petrified of being shunned by the industry. “Blacklisting happens, blacklisting is a real thing,” he said, noting that outspoken liberals such as Robert De Niro don’t have to worry. “If he says something untoward about Trump, he’s not going to be blacklisted. He can say whatever he wants to say; he’ll still get hired,” Davi said. “But, if I say something, or if I go against the grain or against the current,” he continued, “we’re blacklisted, so there is a fear.”

Davi said that many of his friends won’t even allow him to promote “Bardejov” on their podcasts because they fear “guilt by association” for giving a platform to an outspoken conservative.  “It’s a sick world. It’s a sick society. It’s a sick media that is continuing to foster that whole issue, and they’re not held accountable,” he said. “I want to hold them accountable.”

Davi began his career with an incredible run of TV appearances, with roles in “Charlie’s Angels,” “The Incredible Hulk,” “Dynasty,” “Hill Street Blues,” “St. Elsewhere,” “T.J. Hooker,” “The A-Team,” “The Equalizer,” and “L.A. Law,” among others. Since then, he’s appeared in everything from “CSI” to “The Expendables 3,” and has starred alongside legends such as Marlon Brando, Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken and Catherine Zeta-Jones. “Bardejov” is based on the true story of Jewish leader Rafuel Lowy, who found a resourceful way to save the Jewish population of Bardejov, Slovakia, from being sent to Auschwitz during World War II.

Davi, who plays Lowy, joked that he must be the only Catholic Italian-American who has played both a Palestinian and an Orthodox Jew. Davi met with 17 of Lowy’s relatives to make it as historically accurate as possible.