Re:Amazon spending $465M on season 1 of The Lord of the Ring...
by prepend on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @08:53AM
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For me, it’s not that there are any unknown actors, it’s that every single one is unknown.
I like seeing “fresh” actors because they are unknown. LOTR had many unknown actors and lots who later went on to notoriety (eg, Karl Urban). But they also had some known.
My apprehension isn’t that there are any unknown, but that all are unknown. And I think that’s a bad thing for a $400M project.
Kind of like startups. I’ve met some great people who were working for their first company ever. I’ve also worked with some terrible people who didn’t work out. To get small funding this happens all the time. But to get $465M in funding with a leadership team that’s entirely new is unusual.
I like seeing “fresh” actors because they are unknown. LOTR had many unknown actors and lots who later went on to notoriety (eg, Karl Urban). But they also had some known.
My apprehension isn’t that there are any unknown, but that all are unknown. And I think that’s a bad thing for a $400M project.
Kind of like startups. I’ve met some great people who were working for their first company ever. I’ve also worked with some terrible people who didn’t work out. To get small funding this happens all the time. But to get $465M in funding with a leadership team that’s entirely new is unusual.