Why Wes Anderson Refuses to Watch the Viral TikTok’s Mimicking His Trademark Directing Style

You might have seen those TikTok’s mimicking director Wes Anderson’s style, but Wes hasn’t. He refuses to watch them.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Filmmaker Wes Anderson is well known for his aesthetic, that
distinctive look and feel of his films that make his
work instantly identifiable. He actually claims he doesn't have one,
but his fans on TikTok would disagree. In fact, an
entire subculture has sprung up on the app, with people
making tiktoks and Wes's trademark style, but Wes himself can't
bring himself to watch them. He admits the Deadline, My

(00:25):
only experience with it is people mentioning them to me,
not that it's a criticism. It's just like, you don't
really want to see somebody doing you their imitation of you.
It'll make you self conscious, So I don't look at them.
I've never seen them. But it's nice to have people
get inspired to do something from one of my movies.
It's fun, even if it's not really how I would
do it. The truth is they're doing their own thing.

(00:46):
Wes's latest work, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar's on
Netflix

Speaker 1 (00:50):
That's Direct from Hollywood