According to foreign media reports, Michael Shannon, who has twice nominated the Oscar for Best Actor, will star in Joseph McCarthy’s biopic “McCarthy”.
In the 1950s, U.S. Republican Senator McCarthy claimed that there were a large number of Communists and Soviet spies hiding in the U.S. government.
His actions made “McCarthyism” a historical term.
It is reported that “McCarthy” will be directed by Vaclav Marhoul, director of “The Painted Bird”.
Emilia Clarke Emilia Clarke and Dane DeHaan will also participate in “McCarthy”.
Historical background of “McCarthy”:
Joseph Raymond McCarthy is an American Republican politician.
From 1947 to his death in 1957, he served as Senator of Wisconsin.
Beginning in 1950, the tensions of the Cold War caused public concern, fearing the subversion of communism, and McCarthy became the most dazzling public figure at this time.
He claimed that a large number of Communists, Soviet spies, and sympathizers were hiding in the U.S. federal government and elsewhere.
Later, according to the Venona project revealed by the Soviet Union, McCarthy’s identification of Communists was relatively accurate.
From the 1940s to the 1950s, Soviet spies did vigorously operate in the United States, exceeding the expectations of many scholars.
The Committee of Inquiry on Non-American Activities in the House of Representatives promoted by McCarthy has influenced many Hollywood leftists.
A large number of filmmakers, including Chaplin, have been implicated. They either left the United States or did not work for a long time.
