” — is drinking a Pedialyte. But however hungover the filmmaker might be, it does not stop him from hamming it up for a photo shoot. He writhes on a hotel room couch, folds himself into an armoire and holds out his Oscar with a look of mock terror on his face, as if he’s warding off a vampire with a cross.,” loosely based on Christine Leunens’ 2008 novel “Caging Skies,” tells the story of Johannes Betzler, a sensitive 10-year-old boy in late-World War II Germany.
After the Variety cover shoot at h Club in Hollywood is over, Waititi talks about his “Jojo Rabbit” journey and what’s to come. Then he disappears into one of the hotel bedrooms. It’s nap time. I wanted to try and communicate to kids who grew up like I did, or are growing up like I did. To say to them, it’s OK to want to be an artist.Because I’m from New Zealand, people find it kind of charming. They think, “Oh, those quirky people with those weird accents!” I don’t think they see us as brown people. I don’t think when Maori come to America, they see us in the same light as Mexicans or Hispanics. I’ve never felt prejudice toward me here in L.A., even though I know it exists.
In a Ted Talk you gave in 2010, you spoke about your childhood obsession with drawing swastikas, and then with painting Hitler mustaches and hair onto other objects. Was the Hitler character a case of you putting your youthful interests into your filmmaking? Do you think criticism of the movie would have been more muted if you still went by Taika Cohen and people knew you were Jewish?
Disney bought Fox Searchlight as you were finishing “Jojo Rabbit.” Were you ever worried about this being released by Disney?
Agree! I can’t understand how our grandfathers fought against the tyranny of socialism, the Cold War was only 30 years ago, and we have a literal socialist leading the democrat nominee for president in 2020
DavidAmoyal laffychaffy get in and around this
Mauri ora TaikaWaititi
Have no clue
TaikaWaititi absolutely ROCKS!!! JojoRabbit
Our usual Taika 😅
yes, I'm in 🤩
No! Valkyrie has to be with Thor.
This guy is incredibly annoying.
Hey Variety, nobody gives a shit.
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