‘Anti-fascism is now a controversial topic’: Director Joe Wright on his Mussolini series and why US streamers are avoiding it
Director Joe Wright talks to Christiane Amanpour about his new series following the rise of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and why he thinks it’s incredibly timely for today’s audiences.
‘Mussolini’ director Joe Wright: ‘When did anti-fascism become controversial?’
Wright, 52, started off political. As a teenager in the 1980s, he went on anti-nuclear marches and deployed the term fascist ...