Jesse Armstrong Says Writers Rooms Are “Great Way” To Run Shows As ‘Succession’ Creator Backs Ongoing Writers Strike — Edinburgh TV Festival
deadline.comSuccession creator Jesse Armstrong has talked up the benefits of writers rooms for shows of “scale and length” as he threw his support behind the ongoing writers strike.
Armstrong was in conversation with journalist Marina Hyde on the final day of the Edinburgh TV Festival on Friday in the UK, and offered his analysis of writers rooms, which is one of the key sticking points for the AMPTP and WGA negotiations in the U.S. “If budgets are available and we can get supported, they’re a great way to run some shows of scale and length, so I’m very supportive of the strike,” he said, adding that residuals and AI were issues the WGA was right to be concerned over. “It’s not like a training program when my fellow writers are on set with me.
It’s to make the show better,” he added. Armstrong famously led a unique style of writers room in the UK for HBO drama Succession, which ended this year after four seasons.
He said having several writers with knowledge of a script meant one or more could “intervene” if something was not right during shooting.
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