Oscar winning actor, and star of Netflix political drama House of Cards, Kevin Spacey, recently defended ‘TV Binges’ and called for innovation in storytelling as the boundaries between film and television are being broken down. Spacey used his address at the annual MacTaggart Lecture during the Edinburgh Festival as a rallying call to develop new and emerging storytelling talent, saying that not enough is being doing to support new talent across the industry.
Referring to innovative figures such as Steve Jobs and Henry Ford, Spacey urged Television personnel ‘to be that innovative. In some ways we need to be better than the audience. We need to surprise, break boundaries and take viewers to new places.’