Hollywood has long been devoted to the star system. That may be breaking.
At a recent PGA Awards event, Steven Spielberg made what would seem like a seismic statement.
He was talking about loving Squid Game, particularly the cast. He saw new faces that were not worldwide stars, and he saw a possibility of new talent succeeding at the highest level, as long as the story carried them.
“Squid Game comes along and changes the math entirely for all of us. Thank you, Ted,” Spielberg said on a panel at the PGA.
The “Ted” he’s speaking to is Ted Sarandos, head of Netflix, who was in the audience.
Spielberg continued, praising their boldness to try something very new, “A long time ago, it was domestic stars that brought the audience into movies. Today, it’s interesting, unknown people [who] can star in entire miniseries, can be in movies.”
Author: Jason Hellerman
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