Reese Witherspoon got honest about the current state of Hollywood
Reese Witherspoon Questions If Careers Like Hers and Jennifer Aniston's Are "Possible Ever Again" With Streaming https://t.co/swp6lyWd7M
- The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) April 13, 2024
Witherspoon was taking part in a PaleyFest conversation about the most recent season of The Morning Show. She got honest about the current state of Hollywood and concerns she has about the future.
The streaming landscape has changed in recent months.
“Streaming was like the biggest thing for three to four years, and there was a never-ending constant smash for content, and like literally we could sell anything. What I’m seeing right now, I think from the buying and selling landscape side of it, is that probably part of the strike was a reset for these studios that are not profitable - the streaming services - and an opportunity for them to resize, rework and cut costs. So we’re going to probably see less stuff, which is probably good, right? It was just chaos. It was a flea market. We can slow down a little bit. But there’s going to be a more intention around it, and it’s gonna be a little bit harder.”
Witherspoon wonders and worries what the future will be like for artists.
Jennifer Aniston shared her own thoughts about working in Hollywood today :
“We did start in this industry in a time when it was so glamorous and so fun, and [you would] just to go on auditions and auditions and just hope that you get it. And if you get that Movie of the Week and then hope you get that little guest star on Quantum Leap. When it was so simple, and now it is becoming so… it’s too much sometimes.”
Witherspoon also fielded a question about her thoughts on AI and its risk to Hollywood :
“It’s here to stay, so just get used to it. And I think AI is not coming for your job; people who know how to use AI are coming for your job. So learn about it. It should be a tool upon which we lay our own creativity, our own humanity and our own ethics. That’s a whole conversation - for women and people of color and people who are othered sometimes in those developmental spaces really need to get in there… let’s not be scared of it, let’s dive in.”
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