Jeff Bezos: ‘The Lord the Rings: The Rings of Power’ showrunners ignored my notes

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global premiere last night — and thanked the showrunners for ignoring his notes on the series.The Amazon founder traveled to London’s Leicester Square for the premiere of the big-budget TV show in a move to establish its importance to the company.Bezos, 58, honored showrunners Patrick McKay and John D.

Payne while introducing the first two episodes of the series.“Every showrunner’s dream – and I mean every showrunner – their dream is to get notes on scripts and early cuts from the founder and executive chairman,” the Amazon boss joked. “They loved that.

I need to thank you both for listening whenever it helped but mostly I need to thank you for ignoring me at exactly the right times.”Bezos admitted some people “questioned the choice” of McKay and Payne since they don’t have a profile of major credits, but expressed his gratitude that they were ultimately chosen.“One of the best decisions we made was to bet on this relatively unknown team.

Some people even questioned our choice. But we saw something special,” Bezos said.“J.D., Patrick, thank you for taking this on and putting your whole selves into it.