“Independence Day” director Roland Emmerich told Insider he doesn’t see the value in Quentin Tarantino’s strict “no phones” policy that he enforces on set.
Back in June, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” star Timothy Olyphant told Rich Eisen’s radio show that the director operated a strict no cell phone policy on set, and that flouting the rule could get you fired by Tarantino.
“Quentin’s got no cell phones allowed on set,” Olyphant said.
“None. You’re fired. Cell phone out? Done. No warning, nothing, you’re going home,” he said at the time.
In a junket in London ahead of the release of his new World War II film “Midway,” Emmerich told Insider that he would never enforce such a policy on one of his sets.
“Sometimes, to have some phones on set is good for the actor because they can kind of relax for a moment, read the news, see their emails and stuff.”
Emmerich posited that it could even be detrimental to the process if an actor isn’t allowed to have their phone on set because it means they will go back to their trailer to use it: “Then you have a problem,” he said.
“I would never do something like that.”
It’s not just cell phones that Tarantino prefers to avoid. He’s also famously bemoaned the rise of Netflix, and called digital projection over traditional 35mm film “the death of cinema.”
Source: Roland Emmerich doesn’t agree with Quentin Tarantino’s no phone policy – Insider