Apple Wanted Tim Cook to Appear as Himself in Comedy Show 'The Studio'

Apple wanted CEO Tim Cook to marque a astonishment cameo quality connected Apple TV+'s archetypal drama amusement "The Studio"—a petition that was declined by the show's creator, Seth Rogen, successful favour of an quality from Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, Business Insider reports.


Episode 8 of "The Studio" includes a little country successful which Sarandos plays an exaggerated mentation of himself. The show's fictional workplace executive, Matt Remick, encounters Sarandos successful a bath astatine the Golden Globes, wherever Remick expresses disorder implicit the frequence with which Sarandos is thanked by winners during their acceptance speeches. Sarandos replies that the gratitude is not spontaneous, but required by contract.

Rogen told Business Insider that Apple executives asked if the relation could alternatively beryllium filled by Apple CEO ‌Tim Cook‌ instead. "They asked if we could usage ‌Tim Cook‌ instead, and we said no," helium said. Sarandos's quality connected a rival level is notable fixed the antithetic quality of specified cross-company collaboration astatine the enforcement level.

‌Apple TV‌+ has already ordered a 2nd play of "The Studio" up of the bid finale, which volition beryllium released connected May 21.
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