Taika Waititican never resist the opportunity for a joke.
Since that 2005 short, Waititi has directed bothMarvel blockbustersand critically-acclaimed indies.
For me and for my producer Carthew [Neal], it really is.
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Just to be in the conversation is really amazing for us.
(An uplifting comedy about Hitler isnt necessarily your typical Oscar fare.)
They might think, Well, I have my reservations about seeing it.
And I think when people see it, they understand, and they get it.
It was very much the same for me, even writing it.
Its like a 99 percent Polynesian cast andMichael Fassbender, Waititi says.
So if youre gonna do me a favor, hey stop calling him Baby Yoda.
Or is it a her!
