Is Babylon Based on a True Story?
The Real People Who Inspired Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, and Max Minghella's "Babylon" Characters
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Irving Thalberg, played by "The Handmaid's Tale" actor Max Minghella, is the only real person featured in "Babylon." Thalberg, known as "The Boy Wonder," was a film producer in the early days of Hollywood and is recognised for producing films like, "Grand Hotell," "China Seas," and "A Night at the Opera."
Most notably, however, Thalberg is credited for co-creating Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Pictures at the age of 26 and establishing the "Production Code," which helped to set the industry standard for morality in motion pictures, per Cinema Scholars.