It has a heavy narrator. But I thought about it a lot. You [the viewers] have to work for the show, unless you’re bilingual. It’s a really aggressive type of filming, it’s engaging, you’ve got to read.
I have a company where I’m trying to get projects off the ground. Me and my partner Madeleine Sackler, we just shot our first feature in a maximum security prison where about 95% of the cast were incarcerated men. We’re editing that and there’s a doc going with it.
I really started hanging out with Steve [Murphy, the inspiration for Holbrook’s character] a lot. I got educated that way. It was crash course. You learn as quickly as possible.
Netflix is in every country except China and North Korea. Enough people have seen the show. I mean, I’m in Patagonia and people recognize the show [ Narcos].