Wahidah stands on her porch with her friends in Timbulsloko, Central Java, Indonesia, Sunday, July 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
“It captures the existential dread that seems to permeate every conversation,” says Belloni. “People recognize that the glory days of Hollywood are over and the whole concept of what Hollywood even means is being redefined. And that has caused everybody in town to go completely crazy. This show captures that craziness very, very well.”“The Studio” isn’t the first time Rogen and Goldberg have had a role in revealing the inner workings of a Hollywood studio. When their
the studio’s private correspondence landed on the internet.“Without ‘The Interview,’ a show like this would have been much harder for us to write,” Rogen says, chuckling. “We got to the CEO-level of problem.”Those problems ultimately included Sony Pictures co-chair Amy Pascal
. Pascal, who has since been a highly successful producer, has remained a mentor to Rogen and Goldberg. In “The Studio,” she’s fictionalized by Catherine O’Hara as a savvy producer and Remick’s former boss.Catherine O’Hara, a cast member in the Apple+ series “The Studio,” poses for a portrait on Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Catherine O’Hara, a cast member in the Apple+ series “The Studio,” poses for a portrait on Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
“One of the biggest misconceptions people seem to have with Hollywood is that it’s run by people who only care about money and don’t at all care about film,” Rogen says.Winnie Keben helps her neighbor’s kids and her own to do homework as others take a nap at Meisori village in Baringo County, Kenya, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Winnie Keben has her hair combed by her husband Laban at their home at Meisori village in Baringo County, Kenya, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)Winnie Keben has her hair combed by her husband Laban at their home at Meisori village in Baringo County, Kenya, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
They left their community, the final loss.A resident from another village, Meisori, learned of their ordeal and offered to take them in, a gesture of kindness for which she is grateful.