Netflix boss says ‘controversial’ Harry and Meghan ‘great for getting attention’
The boss of Netflix has lastly damaged his silence on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle following rumours that the streaming service was about to dump them.
And it seems that the facility couple’s take care of Netflix stays safe, if the feedback from Ted Sarandos are something to go on.
The co-boss of the corporate mentioned Harry and Meghan had been “great at getting attention”, and viewers – significantly Brits – “devour everything about them”.
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex reportedly signed a deal well worth the equal of about £80million after they attached with Netflix in 2020, though that determine has by no means been formally confirmed.
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So far they’ve been concerned in three collection – the smash-hit and controversial Harry & Meghan documentary about their lives, the voiced-over Live To Lead, and Heart of Invictus.
There had been hypothesis that they’d been let go by Netflix, however now the service’s chief appears to have poured chilly water on that concept.
“The documentary we did on [Harry and Meghan] is still one of our most-watched documentaries of all time on Netflix and huge, particularly in the UK, where people just devour everything about them,” he instructed US enterprise magazine Forbes.
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“They’re controversial, but that’s usually a good thing.”
He added: “You may love them or hate them, but you’re watching.
“And I do think that they are also going to be very strong storytellers, with great exposure to media in terms of what people want to talk about, what they think about, and they’re great at getting attention.”
Harry and Meghan’s transfer into superstar broadcasting proved a controversial one, fuelling accusations that they’d betrayed the remainder of the Royal Family.
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But the couple have exhibits no indicators of remorse and have settled right into a life within the United States since making the choice to step again from royal duties again within the UK.
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