Husband of murdered MP Jo Cox leads opposition to film showing attempted murder of Boris Johnson
Husband of slain MP Jo Cox leads opposition to film depicting attempted assassination of Boris Johnson, premiering this week at Cannes
- The film Killing Boris Johnson premieres this week at the Cannes Film Festival
- A character buys a Johnson mask and takes a gun to a school to shoot the ex-Prime Minister
The The husband of slain Labor MP Jo Cox led criticism last night over a new film depicting an attempted assassination of Boris Johnson.
Killing Boris Johnson, which premieres this week at the Cannes Film Festival, describes the former prime minister as a ‘f****** twat’.
The main character, played by Shadrach Agozino, buys a Boris mask and takes a gun to an elementary school attended by Mr. Johnson with the intention of shooting him for his behavior during Partygate.
The film, made by the National Film and Television School (NFTS), features the BBC Studios logo in the credits.
Killing Boris Johnson, which premieres this week at the Cannes Film Festival, describes the ex-premier as a ‘f****** twat’
The main character, played by Shadrach Agozino (pictured), buys a Boris mask and takes a gun to a primary school attended by Mr. Johnson with the intention of shooting him
Joe Cox, 41, died in 2016 after being shot and stabbed in her West Yorkshire constituency
But last night the BBC stressed that this was through a partnership with the NFCS and that it had no financial or editorial input.
Brendan Cox – whose wife Jo, 41, died in 2016 after being shot and stabbed in her West Yorkshire constituency – said: “Titles like this normalize violence against politicians.”
Tory David Amess was killed in 2021 at his Southend West seat.
The film’s writer-director Musa Alderson-Clarke, whose mother committed suicide during the lockdown, said: ‘My main aim was to bring to life the dangers of incompetence in governance and how Boris Johnson’s lies manifested in the lives of ordinary people.’
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