Pretty much every actor Taika Waititi approached to star in Jojo Rabbit had the same reaction as Sam Rockwell. "I was a little reticent to play a Nazi," he says.
Understandably, the story of a 10-year-old boy in World War II Germany who discovers his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home and enlists the guidance of his imaginary best friend — a wacky, kid-friendly Adolf Hitler — was not a particularly easy sell. "There is no 'in' with that logline," Scarlett Johansson, who plays the mother, notes with a laugh.
But according ...
Understandably, the story of a 10-year-old boy in World War II Germany who discovers his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home and enlists the guidance of his imaginary best friend — a wacky, kid-friendly Adolf Hitler — was not a particularly easy sell. "There is no 'in' with that logline," Scarlett Johansson, who plays the mother, notes with a laugh.
But according ...
- 11/11/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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