TMC
01-30-2024, 03:30 AM
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/netflix-famous-oliver-jackson-cohen-movie-star-longevity-1235890639/
Oliver Jackson-Cohen‘s string of Netflix hits includes 2018’s “The Haunting of Hill House” and 2020’s “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” two Mike Flanagan-created horror series that garnered the 37-year-old actor a global popularity he’d never seen prior to starring in Netflix originals. He parlayed the success of these series into a film career that spanned both streaming (2021’s “The Lost Daughter,” also for Netflix) and theatrical hits (Universal’s 2020 reimagining of “The Invisible Man”).
But is Jackson-Cohen a star? The actor recently joined The Independent for an interview where he briefly touched upon life as a performer who is “Netflix famous,” which he basically summed up as star power that lacks any kind of actual longevity cause it’s always on to the next.
“[Being] Netflix famous…It’s quite an interesting thing,” he said. “You’re the most famous person in the world for a while and then the next show comes along and that completely takes over.”
The turnover rate of Netflix stars is fast and furious. Outside of the cast of “Stranger Things,” not many of the streamer’s home-grown talent hold on to their star power that explodes when their titles first make their debuts on the streaming platform. Perhaps that’s one factor behind the recent death of the movie star, which many celebrities have been reflecting on as of late.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen‘s string of Netflix hits includes 2018’s “The Haunting of Hill House” and 2020’s “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” two Mike Flanagan-created horror series that garnered the 37-year-old actor a global popularity he’d never seen prior to starring in Netflix originals. He parlayed the success of these series into a film career that spanned both streaming (2021’s “The Lost Daughter,” also for Netflix) and theatrical hits (Universal’s 2020 reimagining of “The Invisible Man”).
But is Jackson-Cohen a star? The actor recently joined The Independent for an interview where he briefly touched upon life as a performer who is “Netflix famous,” which he basically summed up as star power that lacks any kind of actual longevity cause it’s always on to the next.
“[Being] Netflix famous…It’s quite an interesting thing,” he said. “You’re the most famous person in the world for a while and then the next show comes along and that completely takes over.”
The turnover rate of Netflix stars is fast and furious. Outside of the cast of “Stranger Things,” not many of the streamer’s home-grown talent hold on to their star power that explodes when their titles first make their debuts on the streaming platform. Perhaps that’s one factor behind the recent death of the movie star, which many celebrities have been reflecting on as of late.