JODIE FOSTER and Michael J Fox have led an anti-Donald Trump protest two days before the Oscars in Los Angeles.

    The United Voices rally was staged by Hollywood’s United Talent Agency instead of its usual pre-Oscars party.

    Foster, a double Oscar winner, said she rarely spoke out in public but that it was now “time to show up.”

    “Back to the Future” star Fox told the crowd “we are the lucky ones” and that he wanted to “share a bit of that luck” with refugees who want to enter the United States. He added that he believed “in the power of the arts to change not just our hearts but the world.”

    Foster, meanwhile, who has won Oscars for “The Silence of the Lambs” and “The Accused,” said the rally was “exactly the way to celebrate our industry, to celebrate all of you, to celebrate artistic expression and our commitment to humanities on screen and off.”

    The rally was also shown a video message from Oscar-nominated Iranian film director Asghar Farhadi, who has said he is staying away from Sunday’s ceremony following Trump’s attempt to ban travel from Iran and six other mainly Muslim countries. (SD-Agencies)