The Downfall Of Fox News' Roger Ailes Comes To The Big Screen
The new film “Bombshell” tells the story of the sexual harassment scandal that brought down Roger Ailes, the late chairman and CEO of Fox News.
The star-studded movie includes Nicole Kidman as former Fox News anchor and one of the women involved, Gretchen Carlson. Charlize Theron portrays former news anchor Megyn Kelly, with Margot Robbie playing fictional character Kayla Pospisil.
Producer and screenwriter Charles Randolph, known for co-writing the Academy-Award winning screenplay for “The Big Short,” says he wrote the film prior to the MeToo movement exploding, at a time when he thought the issue “was not getting enough attention.”
His focus for “Bombshell” wasn’t necessarily to shine a spotlight on Fox News, but more to expose the reality of sexual harassment in the workplace. The conservative news network acts as the story’s backdrop, he
