Good grief- Naomi first, yes I am an actress, I used to be Sharingan and am Nox's daughter- I have never revealed my real name on here- do you think I'm mad- who in their right mind would do that here with the greatest respect- so no you wouldn't have heard of me because you have no idea what my name is.
NJ- It's got nothing whatsoever to do with EU subsidies- who said it had? With the greatest respect the inner working of the industry is well beyond any statistics available at the moment, as it's a very touchy feely business to be in. It has to do with fear in the industry and uncertainty. Already we have seen several major productions and companies who are choosing not to make plans to film or hire within the UK for forthcoming projects ( bearing in mind these projects are planned sometimes 6-8 years in advance) because they fear that the complexities of Brexit will make it untenable for them to do so. And the money is following it. Eastern Europe is having a field day of locations booking and their film industries which at the moment are fledging nicely anyway will flourish. By the time anyone really does know exactly how this affects everyone ( because come on Therasa May hasn't got any sort of plan whatsoever so how can we second guess her?) it will all be too late. I'm in the happy position of being able to live in Europe anyway but plenty of English actors, Directors, Producers etc might not be able to and it is putting off companies 'pencilling' them in for projects in favour of EU residents who won't be any bother. It's very simple to understand, you can't expect companies who have to plan sometimes nearly a decade ahead to pick the little rock that has spat it's dummy out and doesn't want to play with the rest of Europe anymore in preference to Europe itself. It's simply hassle vs no hassle- and in anything people always choose no hassle.
and Samjenko- I think it's pretty safe to say you'll never watch anything I'm in- Jeremy Kyle isn't my thing ;-)