Kurt Russell has a clear view of the streaming landscape after returning to television for the first time in nearly 40 years, and his verdict might surprise those who assume movies carry more risks than television.
Speaking at the Monte Carlo Television Festival, where he received the Crystal Nymph lifetime achievement award, the 75-year-old actor argued that streaming shows are actually a bigger bet than movies.
“With movies back then it was like, ‘If you fail, so what? Probably no one will see it,'” he told reporters at a one-living room-only news conference.
“There’s a feeling now in Hollywood that streaming might be a little lower than movies in terms of risk. That’s not true.”
The reasoning is simple: “There are a lot of eyes on it, and when you make a streamer that’s no good, it’s going to be there for as long as you want it to be there.”
Russell currently heads two programs simultaneously, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters on Apple TV and the madison on Paramount+, his first leading roles on television since playing Elvis in the 1979 John Carpenter film of the same name.
He has been struck by the contrast between the audiences of both programs.
“With the Monarch show that it is really dominated by audiences aged 40 and under and madison is dominated by people 30 years old or older,” he observed.
the madisoncreated by Taylor Sheridan, it has been a particularly pleasant experience.
“It’s really fun to do and Michelle is amazing,” he said of his co-star Michelle Pfeiffer, adding that working with Matthew Fox, with whom he previously made bone tomahawkIt has been equally rewarding.
“It’s just a dream experience. It’s just fantastic from top to bottom, which is very rare.”
