Ryan Reynolds dismisses Scorsese’s Netflix and phones argument: ‘Watch on whatever f***ing device you want’
Actor disagrees with director who urged The Irishman viewers not to watch films on their phones
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Your support makes all the difference.Ryan Reynolds has dismissed Martin Scorsese’s plea for viewers to refrain from watching Netflix on their phones.
“You should be able to watch whatever the f*** you want to watch on whatever f***ing device you want to watch it on,” Reynolds told Variety. “I don’t know. I would say that’s just the way things are.”
In November, Scorsese urged those watching The Irishman on Netflix to use a bigger screen than a phone.
He told Rolling Stone: “I would suggest, if you ever want to see one of my pictures, or most films – please, please don’t look at it on a phone, please. An iPad, a big iPad, maybe.”
The director of Reynolds’ new film 6 Underground, Michael Bay, was on the fence. “I don’t want my movies to be watched on a phone either,” he said, “but movies aren’t that bad on these new TVs that have HDR, high dynamic range. Listen, most of the Academy votes on TVs, okay. We all love movies.
“I’m a big cinema guy but the great thing about Netflix is it’s a new voice out here and it’s a strong voice. And they do interesting content. So, that’s why I appreciate it.”
6 Underground, which follows six untraceable agents who have “buried their pasts so they can change the future”, will be released on Netflix on 13 December.
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