Why Actors Are Feeling The Film Industry Slump In 2024 Ft Jim Sarbh

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0:00 Highlights
0:40 Intro
1:55 "There are no safe bets anymore"
4:36 Rocket Boys and the formulaism in the industry
7:55 How the other factors affect an actors choice
8:29 Should Rocket Boys have been on Netflix?
9:30 Do you consider seasons of a show when signing it?
11:20 Is there less money and work for actors in 2024?
13:58 Theatre v/s OTT
18:42 "Don't want to play a villian anymore"
20:49 Working on the Telugu Film with Nagarjuna
22:38 Can you be a star if you're available?
26:18 Giving in to the social media pressure
30:36 Issues with talent management agencies
36:31 How Jim prepares for his roles
38:00 Advice to young actors
41:00 One thing he would change about the streaming space




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What’s it like being an established actor in 2024? What’s it like navigating and bouncing between shows and films, platforms and mediums, theatrical and streaming?

To shed light on just that, for the season finale of The Streaming Show podcast, I spoke to Jim Sarbh. It feels like the talented actor has been everywhere over the last few years. On streaming, we’ve seen him on popular shows like Four More Shots Please, the beloved Made In Heaven, and one of my favourites Rocket Boys for which he even bagged an international Emmy nomination.

He also recently started his own YouTube series Crew Cut, which I strongly recommend, in which popular actors interview the storytellers and artists behind the scenes about the craft of filmmaking.

Jim spoke to me about the ongoing …often soulcrushing conflict between an actor and artist wanting to do good work against the constant calculations of playing the positioning and perception game. Along with the current slump and uncertainty within the film industry, flitting between Shakespeare and playing the villain in his first Telugu film, his thoughts on the talent management ecosystem, and a whole lot more.

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