'Cinema is not outdated, streaming and theaters can coexist': Ted Sarandos

Wow. Pretty cool. Yeah. So I want to ask you, do you mind if I ask you a question?

So when you took a very big swing with us, where we had not proved ourselves at all in India, we were very exotic, I think, when we got here first. And how do you find, as an actor, how has your world changed with streaming and cinematic television since Sacred Games?

Oh my god. I mean, it's been the most liberating thing and the most amazing thing for all actors all over the world. Earlier, we had to kind of fit into specific boxes and there was a formula, a look, a style for the kind of thing you had to do. And today, thanks to streaming, we can explore characters in a very different way and go into much more depth. And it is a fantastic platform to showcase all kinds of things, long-form storytelling, and to get into... there's a kind of intimacy on the platform. I consume a lot of it myself and when you're watching, you can spend more time and there is a great amount of detail that you can go into as an actor and as a storyteller. And it's the reach as well. It's not just the layered storytelling, but the fact that it goes out around the world. And so many people... I mean, I get phone calls from people who wouldn't normally call me for a cinematic release, but on Netflix, everybody rings up. People ring up from Europe and America and say, 'Oh, we watch this and we watch this and we're compared to the rest of the world.' And it's a very, very exciting space. And you know, it's got a longer shelf life. People are discovering old shows and films years later and that kind of longevity is a real gift.