Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer“We never do this.”That phrase was repeated often in conversations with a dozen top leaders at CAA during the reporting of this week’s Variety cover story.It’s true.
No show business entity understands the value of myth-building more than the talent agency, which exists to broker power from within luxurious fortresses.
None of the majors enjoys this image more than CAA, whose Century City headquarters is nicknamed “the Death Star,” based on the planet-destroying space station of “Star Wars.”In lowering its bridges for a frank, on-the-record conversation about the state of the industry and the agency’s future, CAA’s top lieutenants subsequently revealed what it’s like to work there.
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