Taika Waititi opens up on why he played Adolf Hitler in 'Jojo Rabit'

director of Jojo Rabbit, Taika Waititi revealed reason why he said yes to play role of Nazi dictator olf Hitler in film. New Zealand filmmaker at film's premiere said that even though re were or actors on his wishlist for role, he did it himself. "You start [out] thinking of bigger stars to be part of a film like this or to play this imaginary Hitler. But at end of day, it came down to simple fact that if we h done that, that would have overshowed heart of story which is this beautiful story, this relationship story between se two kids," filmmaker told foreign media. "And if re was a big celebrity, n it would have become 'so-and-so Hitler film,' which is t at all what this is," he ded.

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 upcoming satirical comedy

Jojo Rabbit is an upcoming satirical comedy, which is about a lonely young German boy whose life takes a turn when he discovers that his mor Rosie (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a jew girl in ir home at time of Second World War. boy who does t have a companion, can only rely upon his imaginary friend olf Hitler (Taika Waititi). 44-year-old filmmaker has t just acted in film, but also directed it. film is all set to release in limited cinema halls on October 18 after which it will expand its screening to more and more atres in upcoming weeks. film stars Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Rebel Wilson, Stephen Merchant, Alfie Allen, Sam Rockwell along with Johansson and Waititi. 

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People's Choice Award

film premiered at 44th Toronto International Film Festival on September 8 this year. It won People's Choice Award in film festival, which is an hour that has been correlated with a best-picture mination at Oscars. American film critic Scott Mantz posted news on his Twitter account while congratulating filmmaker for it. He n ded that past winners such as King’s Speech, 12 Years a Slave, Slumdog Millionaire & Green Book, later on, went to win big at Acemy Awards. 

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(With inputs from ANI)