TAGGED AS: Awards, Comedy, movies, war
Young actor Roman Griffin Davis makes his feature film debut as the title character in Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit, an “anti-hate satire” about a pre-teen Nazi who deals with the stresses of WWII Germany by talking to his imaginary friend Adolf. (Yes, that Adolf.) Davis’s performance is being heralded by critics as one of the best child debuts in years – he’s hilarious and heartbreaking, nimbly navigating the tonal shifts Waititi’s movie makes as Jojo befriends the Jewish girl his mother is hiding in the house and begins to question his blind allegiance to the Fuhrer (both the real and imagined one). Davis sat down with Rotten Tomatoes for our video series Fresh First and opened up about working with Waititi and Scarlett Johansson, how he’s changed since shooting, and why cheese toasties are the ideal on-set snack.
