Date 04/11/2015 - News People
At this point, Bryan Cranston could rest on his laurels, but the cool Californian is far from finished. In director Jay Roach?s Trumbo, he turns in his best cinematic performance to date as Dalton Trumbo, the embattled screenwriter who became the face of the Hollywood Ten?a fraternity of communist sympathizers crucified by the House Un-American Activities Committee for their political beliefs, and subsequently blacklisted from Hollywood. Trumbo, however, would not be silenced. During his blacklisting, the most prolific screenwriter in the biz wrote under a pseudonym, penning the screenplays for films like Roman Holiday, Exodus, and Spartacus, and ultimately grinding the Red Scare witch-hunt to a screeching halt.
