Taika Waititi says he was "blackmailed" into playing Adolf Hitler in 'Jojo Rabbit'. You start [out] thinking of bigger stars to be part of a film like this or to play this imaginary Hitler. "And if there was a big celebrity then it would have become the 'so-and-so Hitler film,' which is not at all what this is." The film follows a young German boy, Jojo Betzler (Roman Griffin Davis), who is such a devotee of the Hitler youth, that his imaginary friend is Hitler. "[But after the awards buzz] started happening, I became even more proud of the film."

Source: Daily Sun October 18, 2019 09:00 UTC