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“It’s a very tough environment now to get things made,” said Stiller in a recent interview with The New York Times Magazine. “The strike, post-Covid — it’s more expensive to make things, and I think the decision makers are trying to keep their jobs and trying to figure out how to make things work for them, which means constriction and choices that are safer.”

Part of that industry contraction also means creatives have less understanding or control over the work they’re putting out. Stiller related this to “Severance” in how the Innie characters don’t have a full grasp on what they’re doing for Lumon Industries or who they’re doing it for.

“At a certain point there’s always somebody making a decision who is not making it to your face or you don’t even know who that person is,” Stiller said in relation to how Hollywood works. “Why a decision is made is never explained to the creative person. Or, if it is, it’s usually not the truth. It’s a cliché in Hollywood, but it’s kind of true that everybody will say yes and it doesn’t mean yes. It means no or let me think about it — more than ever, honestly.”