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US actor Richard Gere arrives on the red carpet for the premiere of the film "The Dinner" in competition during the 67th Berlinale film festival in Berlin on February 10, 2017. / AFP / Tobias SCHWARZ Image Credit: AFP

Richard Gere says US President Donald Trump lacks substance, likening him to a burger without the filling.

The actor, who’s in Berlin promoting his new film The Dinner, about a politician facing tough personal and moral choices, says Trump “has pushed it to the limit.”

In an interview on Friday, Gere quoted the 1980s television commercial in which a fast-food chain customer asks “where’s the beef?” when handed a giant hamburger bun.

Speaking of Trump, Gere said: “with him, there’s no beef there, there’s no protein, there’s no centre, there’s no resonance.”

The star of films such as Pretty Woman and An Officer and a Gentleman later told an audience at the Berlin Film Festival that Trump had made people fear refugees by equating them to attackers.