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‘Is that about me?' Seth Rogen loves how ‘The Studio' keeps Hollywood guessing
Ever since viewers — especially those working in Hollywood — fell in love with The Studio, the series' creators Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have gotten accustomed to people at cocktail parties leaning in confidentially and asking, hushed, 'How did you hear that story about me?' 'The people who it's actually based on don't think it's based on them, and the people who it's not based on want to think it's based on them!' Rogen told Gold Derby at Apple TV+'s FYC celebration at the Hollywood Athletic Club, erupting into his signature chuckle. 'It's a funny pattern.' More from GoldDerby 'The Hills of California' star Laura Donnelly on having to revamp her character in 10 days: 'I had a minor panic attack' 'Beatles '64' director David Tedeschi on working with Martin Scorsese to create something 'that has never been seen before' 'Lilo & Stitch' set for massive opening, making 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning' settle for 2nd 'When someone thinks it's based on them, it's best to let them,' Goldberg added. 'So many people have been like, 'I know where you got that idea!'' laughed costar and writer-producer Ike Barinholtz. 'Because I don't want to offend anyone. I'm like, 'Yeah, that's a lot of different ideas...' But I'm very touched when people see a little bit of themselves or something they recognize. To me it makes it resonate more with them.' Eric Charbonneau/Apple TV+ via Getty Images It's just one of the increasingly familiar aftereffects rippling toward Rogen, Goldberg, and their cast and creative team ever since The Studio found an appreciative mass audience and became required viewing for anyone working in Hollywood — both for the guessing game of Who inspired that? and the shock of recognition when the seemingly outrageous, high-stress behind-the-scenes scenarios hit a little too close to home. Some of it can be a little PTSD-triggering — or as Goldberg suggested, without the 'post,' because many of them 'are living it right now, every day.' Discovering the show was leaving showbiz insiders more than a little shook has actually been validating for Rogen. "A real fear I had was, 'The people we are truly discussing and analyzing — will it resonate with them? Will they think it's bullshit? Will they think we missed it?' But no! I'm actually friends with a few executives, who after every episode — I get several texts from them, literally, where they were just like, 'I can't believe you went there. How dare you? How dare you go there?'' 'I was on a call not too long ago with a friend of mine who works in casting, and it was right after the casting episode came out,' said Barinholtz, recalling the episode that depicted the constant, culturally sensitive landmines the show's film execs kept nearly stepping on while casting the Kool-Aid movie. 'She was like, 'I feel a little weird talking to you right now,' just because of that. It was too meta.' Barinholtz's beleaguered film executive Sal Saperstein has emerged as something of a cult hero following the uproarious Golden Globes episode in which he's repeatedly, unexpectedly thanked from the awards show stage as a running gag — something that's coming to life as Barinholtz is getting strangers offering shout-outs of 'Thank you, Sal Saperstein!' in his everyday life. Even Questlove quoted the line on social media, to the actor's disbelief. "If and when Adam Scott wins Best Actor for Severance, I hope he thanks Sal Saperstein," he said. "I'm trying to will that to happen, but it has definitely exploded a little bit. And whether it's Instagram commentators or people at a function I'm at, people want to come up and thank Sal Saperstein, and I'm here for it.' During the rollicking panel discussion — moderated by Gold Derby editor-in-chief Debra Birnbaum — Rogen, Goldberg, Barinholtz were joined by costars Catherine O'Hara, Chase Sui Wonders, Dewayne Perkins, and Keyla Monterroso Mejia. Goldberg revealed that the creators have actually received unsolicited 'studio notes' from seemingly helpful executives. Getty Images 'We got a note that the Matt character doesn't understand responsibility enough and tries to be liked too much,' said Goldberg. 'And we were like, 'Yeah — that's his character. That's the point of the show!'' He chalked up the blind spot in their thinking to over-identifying with Rogen's character, Matt Remick. 'I think these executives see themselves in him and think, 'I don't do that, so he can't do that!' ... They're trying to 'solve' the show.' 'Yeah, they're trying to fix it — to fix my guy,' laughed Rogen. 'The show's not funny anymore if you fix my guy.' ''He should be more likable,'' Rogen quoted the execs' criticism. 'So should you!' One executive who showed a sense of humor was Netflix co-CEO and Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos. He made a cameo in the Golden Globes episode and, when asked to react from his table as if he had just been thanked on stage, displayed just how well-practiced he is in real life. As for the confrontational scene in the men's room at the urinals, Rogen says the Hollywood titan was just as unfazed. 'He didn't blink at that — actually, he wanted it,' Rogen (maybe) quipped. Currently planning the second season of the show, Rogen and Goldberg told Gold Derby they're 'very much' looking to find ways to employ more distinctive cinematic techniques and technical toolkits, in the way the episode The Oner utilized the long, masterful one-shot takes made legendary in films like The Player and Goodfellas. 'There's all sorts of technical things we want to play with,' said Goldberg. 'We've also actually geared our thinking more towards real-time episodes,' Rogen added, 'because I think those are the ones that people seem to sort of engage with the most, and the more condensed timeline, the more people seem to enjoy it. That's something that we've also talked a lot about.' Apple TV+ But what matters most to the duo is that, underneath all the comedy and beyond all the weary and frustrating professional war stories, their unabashed love of the industry comes shining through. 'The show's written from our perspective, and that is how we approach every episode: as people who genuinely have faith overall that this industry is one that can provide great work and has people in it who are pursuing that,' said Rogen. 'We have amazing lives from this industry, and in general, we've gotten to do what we want. I look back to the things we've made and we're very proud of it. So we write from a place of appreciation and hope for the industry.' 'At times we've been beaten down by it and disappointed in it and aggravated by it, but at the end of the day, then we got to make a show about all that!' he added. 'So it's hard to be too down on it overall.' Goldberg hopes their enthusiasm is contagious. 'If I was in the audience at the end of the last episode,' he said, 'I would get up and chant 'Movies!'' Best of GoldDerby 'The Pitt' star Tracy Ifeachor thinks about Collins and Robby's backstory 'all the time': 'It just didn't work out because it's not the right time' How Eddie Redmayne crafted his 'deeply unflappable' assassin on 'The Day of the Jackal' TV composers roundtable: 'Adolescence,' 'Day of the Jackal,' 'Interview With the Vampire,' 'Your Friends and Neighbors' Click here to read the full article.
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25-02-2025
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‘Daredevil' Star Charlie Cox Teases the Dark ‘Born Again' Revival and Potential ‘Avengers' Crossover: ‘As Long as They'll Have Me, I'm There'
For years, fans were left in the dark on whether Marvel Studios would revive 'Daredevil' on Disney+ after the end of its Netflix run. The cast grappled with the same crisis of faith.'No, I was a cynic,' Deborah Ann Woll, who plays lawyer Karen Page, told Variety on Monday night when asked if she believed Disney would revive the pulp superhero epic. 'I was sure it was never coming back.'But 'the devil's work is never done,' as the poster tagline reads, and the show was born again. The sheer scale of the Marvel revival series was on full display at its New York premiere, fittingly hosted at Disney's expansive new headquarters in SoHo. The event marks the second time the Mouse House rolled out the red carpet at the Robert A. Iger Building, following the 'Beatles '64' premiere last November. The original 'Daredevil' series, which ran on Netflix from 2015-2018, introduced Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock, a blind, justice-obsessed lawyer by day and crime-fighting vigilante by night. 'Daredevil: Born Again' was initially conceived as a fresh take on the character with only loose ties to the original series. Midway through production, Marvel overhauled the project, bringing in 'The Punisher' writer and producer Dario Scardapane as showrunner to steer it closer to the tone of the Marvel-Netflix universe. More from Variety Marvel 'Exploring' the Returns of Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist in the MCU; Charlie Cox Recalls 'Some Feud Between Netflix and Disney' Charlie Cox Got a Call From Marvel Boss Kevin Feige 'Midway Through 2020' About Daredevil Return - Then He Heard Nothing For Two Years: 'It's Definitely Over' 'Daredevil: Born Again' First Footage: Punisher, Kingpin and More Return; March Premiere Set 'I wouldn't go as far as to call it a Season 4, but I would say it's definitely a continuation,' Scardapane said. 'We're pulling [these characters] seven, eight years forward. It's as much a different universe as it is when you grow up seven years, when we all go into the future. So it's got all the DNA, all the history of the old show, but it's taking us on a different ride.' That DNA includes the gritty edge that defined 'Daredevil.' Early sequences like the one-shot hallway fight and Kingpin (Vincent D'Onofrio) decapitating a man with a car door pushed the boundaries of comic book television. Cox claimed the new season contains 'sequences that at least rival that stuff.' D'Onofrio insists it goes even further. 'There's a couple of scenes that Charlie did — and one scene in particular that I did — that I didn't think were going to make it into the show,' D'Onofrio teased. 'But it's in the show. The audience has a lot to look forward to.' Michael Gandolfini was young enough to grow up with the original series and now steps into the revival as Kingpin's morally conflicted protégé. As a fan, Gandolfini tipped his cap to Disney for embracing the series' violent nature. 'Ultimately, I was concerned like a lot of the fans,' Gandolfini admitted. 'Like, 'Okay, it's a new era. It's a new studio. Are they going to go as dark?' And I can guarantee you that they do. Thank God. They go completely dark.'As Marvel weaves Daredevil's street-level crime world into its vast cinematic universe, characters like the Punisher (Jon Bernthal) and Bullseye (Wilson Bethel) are returning to the fold. (Scardapane hinted at more Marvel-Netflix players popping up in Season 2, which begins shooting Friday).But they're also pulling from the MCU proper with additions like the Swordsman (Tony Dalton) from 'Hawkeye,' which notably had a much lighter tone. 'It's grittier,' Dalton said. ''Hawkeye' was a little more for kids. This is definitely just two guys beating the shit out of each other. I love it.' Filming next month alongside the second season of 'Born Again' is 'Avengers: Doomsday,' the opening salvo of Marvel's climax to the Multiverse Saga. Should the 'Daredevil' crew step outside Hell's Kitchen for the cosmic battle? The cast is split. 'The space madness gives me anxiety,' Woll quipped. 'I already feel like the middle schooler at the high school play. I'd like to stay contained where I can fool myself into thinking that we're just doing this little show.' Yet Cox and D'Onofrio, smirks in place, are fully on board. 'I want to do it all, I love it all,' Cox said. 'So as long as they'll have me, I'm there.' Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Grammy Predictions, From Beyoncé to Kendrick Lamar: Who Will Win? Who Should Win? What's Coming to Netflix in February 2025
