.tylerperry opens up about how he was able to complete the first quarantine TV production in the U.S., the challenges he faced on set and the advice he'd give to others trying to start up again
When it comes to getting Hollywood back into production, few industry leaders have been as proactive as Tyler Perry.
You’ve been out in front when it comes to getting production going again. What made you want to lead that charge? I'll tell you, I've had a couple of reoccurring actors who just said that they couldn't do it because of their immune health. But I also have several people who I know for fact are cancer survivors, they have preexisting conditions and I really, really stressed to them in a meeting publicly with all the crew without [revealing] their names, "You know, it's ok to sit this one out. You can come back to work after this is over.
I got to know my crew — I've been working with most of these people for 10, 15 years — a lot better because I'm on my bus living in the camp right next door to all of them. We're all going in the evenings to the food trucks. We're going to have drinks at the alcohol truck. So I got to know them a lot better, but also I've learned just their level of commitment to doing it. It was very moving to me.No, I'm on set 12 to 14 hours a day anyway.
No, in order to get on the plane, you had to be tested before you got on the plane. These are local people here in Atlanta. The cast has been tested for probably six weeks in a row before they even got to the plane test. So you had to be tested before you got on the plane, and then when you landed, you were tested again. So they had all these extreme tests before they were able to take their mask off and start working with each other on set. I was really comfortable with the cast.
Unfortunately I have two cast members that have tested positive. They're reoccurring. So I'm trying to figure out, what do I do? Do I add two days of shooting to the end of the other shows that I'm working on to give them time to be negative? But they're asymptomatic. So I'm just waiting to see what the best way to do that is. But everything will flow just asNo, one person is in North Carolina and the other person is in Atlanta, so they wouldn't be on a plane flying in.
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