Actor Rob Lowe denounced the state of California's entertainment business and claimed that he was forced to miss a TV show due to a mismanagement.
Lowe commented while talking with guest Adam Scott on the “Literally! With Rob Lowe” podcast. He said it's more expensive to walk down the streets and shoot movies than to move the entire production to other countries.
“What California and L.A. happened is a crime. It's a criminal. Everyone should be fired.”
“Take 100 Americans to Ireland is cheaper than walking past the soundstage to Fox and doing that there,” Lowe said.
“Crazy!” replied Scott.
Scott then asked Lowe if he would film again whether he would have to move the popular series “Parks Andrek” out of California.
“We're probably 100%,” Lowe replied. “We'll be in Budapest.”
“It's so weird not to shoot anything in Los Angeles,” Scott said.
“Nothing!” Row was inserted. “I've already completed the next show, closed the script, the deal. They said we were filming this in New York, and I said I haven't moved to New York to do this.
“Oh!” replied Scott. “s**t!”
Lowe explained that other parts of the world offer up to 40% tax incentives and other perks to steal production from Los Angeles.
“It's not even talking about the Union forces!” he added.
“What California and L.A. happened is a criminal. It's a crime. Everyone should be fired,” Lowe said.
Scott provided anecdotes about the studio he worked for, claiming that they had been bustling with new shows in the past, but have since become a ghost town.
“That's strange,” he said.
“Super strange,” added Lowe.
Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced plans to double the entertainment industry's tax incentives to $750 million to bring back business in Hollywood. I have some It was criticized The effort is not as comprehensive as to reverse the decline in the industry.
“It's too expensive to shoot here,” Scott said.
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