The cinema and TV landscape has changed significantly due to the streaming age. This is one of the reasons why Hollywood actors and writers are currently on strike. Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston explains in an interview one of the dream factory’s worst grievances.
Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston blames Netflix for losing money
“In the literal sense, we do make money, but the amount is far below what we are used to“, Cranston explained the current payment model for streaming content. “There used to be multiple sources of income for an actor, and you needed them all to survive.”
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Cranston thus confirms one of the most important demands of the actors and authors in the Hollywood dispute. So far, for example, it has been common practice for stars not to be paid based on streaming numbers. On TV broadcasts However, actors often receive royalties from repeats (so-called residuals).
Cranston’s criticism is aimed directly at streamers like Netflix or Amazon. Their series or films may break streaming records. In such cases, however, the stars of a lot of content often come away empty-handed.
Podcast: That’s why Netflix series look so cheap
These questions have been coming up for years: Why do all Netflix series look the same and sometimes even cheap. In the (spoiler-free) episode we define the “Netflix look” that series like One Piece, Sandman and The Witcher have in common.
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In the second part of the episode we explain three reasons why Netflix series and films look like this – and why you sometimes don’t even notice their big budget.
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