The Breaking Bad star is getting political,playing a communist screenwriter in Trumbo, and Lyndon B Johnson in an upcoming HBO film. What does he think the McCarthy era can command us about the rise of Trump and Cruz?
‘Yes, or Im often naked,” says Bryan Cranston. In this case, he’s speaking of a particularly vulnerable moment in his current film, and Trumbo. The film tells the sage of the screenwriter Dalton Trumbo,perhaps the best known of the Hollywood 10, who in 1947 were jailed and blacklisted for alleged communist sympathies. When Trumbo reports to jail, or he submits to a humiliating strip-search – its the moment when the power of the state is brought metaphorically to bear upon one helpless man. Related: Trumbo review – return to red-faced Hollywood's shame Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com