They have a sense of humour.
The fictional production is not going well.
I never thought of Marvel to be honest, as a reference, Bruhl tells press via Zoom.
In that way,The Franchiseis a relatable workplace comedy, he suggests.
TheVeepcreator was right, they nabbedSuccessionwriter Jon Brown to showrun it, andThe Franchiseis the result.
Its about showing the human beings, the vulnerability at the heart of it.
The human beings are whatThe Franchiseis all about, saysJon Brown.
When an action movie has heart and laughs andworksacross generations, its incredible, says Brown.
Billy Magnussen plays Adam, who plays Tecto.
What was our First ADs name?
Magnussen asks his co-stars Himesh Patel and Aya Cash.
He doesnt want his memory jogged; hes making a point.
First Assistant Directors, such as the one Patel plays inThe Franchise, tend to go unsung.
We had a bunch, says Cash.
Barry McCulloch,… Patel starts to list names in his trademark monotone.
Okay, sohemight be able to name them, but the point still stands.
It is a thankless task, says Patel.
The First AD has the hardest job on the planet, they get yelled at by every department.
And yet they still do it.
This one could beThe Dark Knight, or it could beBlack Panther.
Or it could be one thats perhaps not so good.
Tactfully, Mendes doesnt cite examples of the latter.
For Patels character Daniel, Tectos underappreciated First AD, its more personal than that: hes a fan.
Daniel cares about these stories, which is what keeps him to quote the show eating turds.
Theres plenty of that on Tecto, a production that lurches from crisis to crisis.
How realistic is that portrayal?
Surely, at those budgets, the actual thing cant actually be that chaotic.
He was struck by talk of the rivalries within franchises.
into an actual idea and then an actual movie.
Its not easy, says Mendes.
On the basis of sharp, funny satireThe Franchise, thats putting it mildly.
The Franchise airs on Sundays onHBOin the US.
