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Why ‘3 Body Problem’s’ Creators D.B. Weiss and David Benioff Chose Not to Direct Any Episodes · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. The high concept Si
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  Speaker 1: FI saga Three Body Problem is finally out on Netflix,
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  Speaker 1: and the rabid demand for it is largely because it's
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  Speaker 1: from the creatives behind Game of Thrones, David Bennioff and
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  Speaker 1: dB wise the duo where the show runners, writers, produce
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  Speaker 1: and directors behind Game of Thrones, but on Three Body
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  Speaker 1: Problem they often not to do one of those jobs
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  Speaker 1: direct and David tells the Cinema Blend podcast it was
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  Speaker 1: simply a decision made to serve the best interest of
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  Speaker 1: the project, saying, when you're show running the first season
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  Speaker 1: of the show, there's so many meetings you have to attend,
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  Speaker 1: and you want to be on set all the time
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  Speaker 1: for all your different directors. Oftentimes there's two directors working
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  Speaker 1: on the same day. We want to be everywhere, all
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  Speaker 1: the sets, all the meetings, and when you're directing, you're
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  Speaker 1: not there for a lot of it. When you're on
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  Speaker 1: the fourth season of the show, it's okay because you
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  Speaker 1: got a well oiled machine and you can take the
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  Speaker 1: time to direct. But on the first season is not
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  Speaker 1: a good idea of the words of Three Body Problems.
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  Speaker 1: David Bennioff, the show is streaming on Netflix that's direct
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  Speaker 1: from Hollywood.