The Disney+ product has been a huge success Competitors He previously told Deadline that he encountered egos when he offered to adapt Jilly Cooper’s best-selling novel about sexual and professional behavior among a group of luxury countries.
Now, the producer of the BBC-era luxury drama has said competitors “It’s not an offer I’m going to make.”
Produced by Sir Colin Callender Wolf Halla big-budget historical drama about King Henry VIII and his rival courtiers that returns this weekend for a second series after a ten-year hiatus. He was speaking at a Broadcasting Press Guild event in London when he wondered why something like this would happen Rivals will be made. times Callender reportedly said of the show that it was a big hit for Disney, which features naked tennis and many other fun things:
“The fact that something is successful is not necessarily the only criterion by which I can judge whether or not I want to make it.
“What are the things I look for in a show? Is there a big idea that underpins it and makes it relevant and interesting to a contemporary audience? Does it have something to say?”
“Are the emotions expressed and the dramatic situations sincere? Are they entertaining? Or are they trafficking in clichés?” All kinds of questions I would like to ask a show are like this [Rivals] It’s not a show I’m going to do.
When asked why the show was so successful, he said it was driven by the audience’s desire to “look away” from current real-life events:
“I’m not sure anything is surprising anymore. I don’t reject [looking away] as an aspiration.”
Competitors Producer Dominic Treadwell Collins previously told Deadline that commissioners had turned up their noses at his idea to adapt Cooper’s best-selling book:
“I had meetings with the BBC and ITV years ago, and when I said, ‘Are you going to do something like Jilly Cooper? They looked at me like I had farted. There’s an ego about her. Throughout my career I kept mentioning Jilly and everyone was laughing at me and making fun of me.
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