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Olivia Wilde thinks social media is "dangerous" for filmmaking. The 40-year-old actress-turned-director has tried not to worry about being "accepted or loved" for her work because she thinks focusing on popularity can lead to people making the wrong choices for the wrong reasons. She explained at the Red Sea Film Festival: "Directors have to decide at a certain point: Do you want to be a celebrity or an artist? Because of social media, it's becoming even more combined to something that is quite dangerous for the art form.
When you conflate filmmaking or acting with large-scale acceptance, you immediately cut off every opportunity to do any risky work. So it was important to me to never become overly focused on being accepted or loved." Wilde takes a keen interest in films from countries not dominated by the online world.
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She added: "I'm so interested in films coming from a society that has been indoctrinated with the same amount of cliche material." — Bang Showbiz Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox!.
