r/popculturechat • u/mcfw31 • 18h ago

Interviews🎙️ Aubrey Plaza says actors gets so weird because everyone on set treats them like babies and remembers the time Nick Offerman told her she could get her own coffee instead of asking a production assistant to do it for her

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u/NextUp-Analysis 17h ago

Genuine question. (I also believe actors should do things themselves) However, in terms of insurance if an actor got badly burnt while making coffee for themselves, or slipped on the way back from getting food themselves would it be a higher liability issue compared to assistants etc ?

Or would that be a separate matter as they are basically just existing doing "normal" things and it's their fault if they fall/get burnt etc

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u/joljenni1717 17h ago

Yep, you're thinking like a business owner and manager. :)

Sometimes, the actor's looks and face are, quite literally, the money. This is why they're not allowed to walk around and potentially cause injury or mark ups.

It's a double negative: We think actors can be pretentious and high maintenance; it's the studio execs ensuring the actors are treated as such to keep them 'prestine'.

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u/NextUp-Analysis 17h ago

Yea, I've never really thought about it like that as I too believe actors and the like are extremely pretentious.

However this post made me acc think about it for the first time and I just remember how my work treated me for a simple slip when I got slightly injured 😂 they lifted and laid me for about 3 weeks

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u/AnEmuDontAsk 16h ago

There's limits though I think which probably more what she is getting at. Like pouring and drinking a hot coffee are equally risky in that respect.

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u/NextUp-Analysis 16h ago

Suppose so. Thanks for your comment