The director of 'Bombshell' talks about filming the movie's most harrowing scenes, and one detail you might have missed

Another scene that's hard to forget is one that depicts sexual harassment of Fox News reporter Rudi Bakhtiar. In the middle of the movie, there's a scene where Bakhtiar (played by Nazanin Boniadi) has to deflect the advances of Fox News anchor Brian Wilson. The scene is memorable as most of it is done with Bakhtiar's inner thoughts giving a rundown of how to get through the situation. As the conversation between Bakhtiar and Wilson goes on, we listen as Bakhtiar realizes her job at Fox News is done (she was later fired).

"We are protecting all our sources of people we talked to, but she has actually come out and outed herself as one of the people we talked to," Roach said, referring to a Hollywood Reporter story in which Bakhtiar spoke about the movie. "Her story is so compelling."

Bakhtiar described her harassment at Fox News to The New York Times and New York magazine after Gretchen Carlson came forward (Wilson has disputed her account). But the way her experience is detailed in the movie gives it an even more chilling layer.

"The dialogue in that scene between them is from the actual account that came out, and then Charles turned that into an inner monologue," Roach said. "The excruciating thing in that scene is she outs the guy for hitting on her, then she has to somehow placate his ego as she gets out of it. But also knowing she has lost her career."

In one of the more lighthearted moments in the movie, at the point when it looks like Ailes is going to fall, there's a scene in the newsroom where some of the big-name anchors are mingling, including Geraldo Rivera (played by Tony Plana), Neil Cavuto (P.J. Byrne), and Sean Hannity (Spencer Garrett). As the scene ends, you can notice when Hannity is putting on his blazer that he has a handgun tucked in the side of his waist.

"We read that he's packing sometimes at work," Roach said. "He's kind of proud about it."

In 2016, CNN reported that Hannity pulled his gun out on Fox News contributor Juan Williams. Hannity told CNN in a statement at the time: "While discussing the issue of firearms, I showed my good friend Juan Williams my unloaded firearm in a professional and safe manner for educational purposes only."

Roach said having Hannity carrying a gun is not in there for a laugh, but just one of those details he likes to throw into these true-life movies.

"He might be threatened all the time, who knows," Roach said. "But as a storyteller you don't want to miss an opportunity to do that."