Some contributors of Quiet on Set: The Darkish Aspect of Children TV are calling out producers of the docuseries for not being extra clear concerning the mission being made for Investigation Discovery.
“I’m not too accustomed to ID, however for the interview I sat down for, it was not an acceptable community for the present,” former The Amanda Present star Raquel Lee Bolleau mentioned in an interview with IndieWire. “I had no clue it was on [ID] till one or two weeks earlier than it aired.”
Fellow Nickelodeon star and former Zoey 101 forged member Alexa Nikolas echoed Lee Bolleau’s sentiment, saying, “I didn’t even know what ID was, actually. Once I appeared it up, my first thought was our tales and the dialog that deserves available round them are means larger than ID and deserve a extra credible platform. A extra severe one.”
The actresses say that the creators of Quiet on Set, Emma Schwartz and Mary Robertson, saved the topics at midnight concerning the mission. Though the docuseries ended up streaming on Max, they filmed their parts earlier than the streamer launched.
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In keeping with the report by IndieWire, they thought the docuseries was being made by Maxine Productions, and Nikolas mentioned she remembered HBO being related to it indirectly.
“I really feel that the sensationalism was revved up due to it being on ID,” Nikolas mentioned. “It could have been curated in a different way and would have been extra impactful on [another network].”
Lee Bolleau added, “I’m upset about them conserving it secret from me. I really feel like they did that as a result of they knew if we have been conscious of the magnitude of how huge this was going to be they might’ve needed to deal with us higher.”
The Warner Bros. and Discovery merger and the following relaunch of HBO Max as Max, introduced Investigation Discovery titles to the streaming platform, which included Quiet on Set.
“I don’t personally maintain something in opposition to anybody at ID or Max proper now, however I do maintain one thing in opposition to Maxine, as a result of they knew what they have been doing,” Lee Bolleau mentioned, including “About it streaming on Max, it simply appears like, ‘How can we take advantage of cash and preserve this story circulating?’”