Behind the Scenes

Andrea Chase takes you Behind the Scenes of BOMBSHELL with Jay Roach. In it, Roach takes on the aftermath of Fox News reporter Gretchen Carlson sued Fox News head Roger Ailes for sexual harassment. The interview includes how Roach cleverly injected some black humor into what is essentially a very serious story; how a scene depicting sexual harassment isn’t about sex, and the toxic groupthink at Fox News. It continues with Ailes’ insidious way of dealing with nonconformists; why being a male of the species didn’t stand in the way of being hired to direct by co-star and co-producer Charlize Theron; how his paradigm shifted while making the film; and how to tell a story when so much of it is wrapped up in NDAs. It finishes up with the name Roach couldn’t say in the movie (but can here) as well as the book she wrote, Mostly Sunny, and how John Lithgow as Roger Ailes is the a nuanced monster. The film co-stars Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, Kate McKinnon, Allison Janney, Connie Britton, Mark Duplass, Stephen Root, and Malcolm McDowell. Roach's previous work includes TRUMBO, which garnered an Oscar nomination for Brian Cranston in the title role.