Weinstein a 'complete creep': Kiwi screenwriter Anthony McCarten

Kiwi filmmaker and writer Anthony McCarten has followed up the success of his Oscar-nominated debut with another story of a modern British legend. 
The New Zealand-born writer, based in London and Los Angeles, received international acclaim writing The Theory of Everything — a biographical romantic drama film on the life of Stephen and Jane Hawking and which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.
His new movie, Darkest Hour, tells of Winston Churchill's early days in office at the start of World War II.
The movie has received a Bafta nomination for Best Film and has seen multiple awards for the star, Gary Oldman.
Speaking to Jack Tame, McCarten, who was speaking with Munich, spoke of how Winston Churchill is influential all over the world.
"He's a world figure now. He's like a Caesar or a Lincoln or something. He's surpassed national boundaries."
He said that he felt plucky after the success of The Theory of Everything, so decided to give a story about Churchill a crack.
"We kind of live in a very divided world right now, a very polarized world, made so largely by disparities of how people feel. I felt appropriate to dod a portrait of a great leader.
"I'd always been attracted to Churchill as a potential subject, but it was a lkittle intimidating to write words and humourous jokes for Winston Churchill, it smacks a little bit of hubris."
The dozens of allegations against the former movie-making titan played a major role in sparking a worldwide social movement against sexual harassment and violence in the workplace.
He wasn't surprised by the allegations, McCarten said.
"I was very wary of the guy because the stories were so ghastly about his bullying."
LISTEN ABOVE AS NZ WRITER ANTHONY MCCARTEN SPEAKS TO JACK TAME ABOUT 'THE DARKEST HOUR'