"I got the tweet at the same time as all of you and was just as surprised. Nevertheless, I heed the call,” said Gibson in a statement.

Mel Gibson says he didn't know Donald Trump was going to name him one of three 'Special Ambassadors' to Hollywood: 'I got the tweet at the same time as all of you and was just as surprised.'

President-elect Donald Trump’s naming of Mel Gibson as one of his “special envoys” to Hollywood surprised many, including Gibson himself. Trump on Thursday said Gibson and his fellow pro-Trump actors Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight would act as his “eyes and ears” in the industry.

President-elect Donald Trump wants to make Hollywood "bigger, better and stronger" and has cast Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone as stars of what he is calling his "Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood, California."

Donald Trump has announced that Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, and Jon Voight will serve as his 'Special Ambassadors' to Hollywood: 'These three very talented people will be my eyes and ears.'

Mel Gibson said he was surprised to learn that he will serve as a special envoy for Hollywood to President-elect Donald Trump. On Thursday, Trump also said Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight would serve in that position.

Actor and film producer Mel Gibson said he was stunned to be appointed as a special envoy to Hollywood under the upcoming Trump administration. “I got the tweet at the same time as all of you and

The US president-elect made the actors his "special envoys" to Hollywood, which he said had lost business to foreign countries and needed to be "bigger, better and stronger" than ever before

Outnumbered' panelists discuss President-elect Trump's decision to appoint Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone as ambassadors to Hollywood and bring back a 'Golden Age'

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday announced that actors Jon Voight, Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone would be “Special Ambassadors” to Hollywood, California.