Having taken to the small screen with an array of different documentaries, Louis Theroux is one of the most prolific British filmmakers of our times. More recently making a big screen release with My Scientology Movie, he’s now got his sights set on the 45th President of the United States.
Louis Theroux
Speaking to The Mirror, the documentary-maker said: “It feels like a whole cultural, almost sea change in how the world is part of the post-Brexit wave of populism. The story seems to change every day with [Donald] Trump. There’s something new bubbling under. It’s hard to get your head around such a big subject.
“The challenge with Trump would be… Something so abhorrent that walks on two legs and is a human being, you have to explore where his foibles come from.”
The comments came after Theroux previously told ABC News in Australia that he thought Trump had a big chance of winning the election.
He said at the time: “I think that he could win because there’s Trump supporters out there who aren’t even revealing themselves as such, and for me that’s an interesting prospect, because I think he’d be a disastrous President.”
The upcoming documentary doesn’t yet have a release date, but will reportedly be part of a new three-part series on BBC Two, exploring Trump’s rise to power and the reasons surrounding his election victory.
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