Show’s getting unceremoniously canceled has started to feel like the new normal in this unsteady entertainment landscape, but when a series has a hot, young star, strong critical reception, and is regularly landing in the Top 10 of your own site upon dropping, the choice to ax it does come as a bit of a head-scratcher. Such was the case this year when Netflix chose to drop the Noah Centineo-led “The Recruit” after releasing its second season. Speaking at the red carpet premiere of his recent film, “Warfare,” Centineo told The Hollywood Reporter that it came down to the show not hitting the exact target Netflix needed to consider it worthy of continued investment.
“It is what it is,” he said. “Netflix, they have a certain mandate that they need to fill, and I’m very proud of the show, very grateful to our audience. We have a pretty strong cult following. And with Netflix, it just didn’t really fit what it was that they needed, I suppose. And so onto the next, I guess.”
Many have speculated online that the cancellation has to do with the Netflix already having another, slightly more popular espionage show with “The Night Agent” and not wanting to overextend themselves on a similar premise. Either way, Centineo isn’t bitter. In fact, he only has fond things to say of the opportunity the show gave him and how thankful he is for the experience.
“I mean, I learned so much from season one to season two. I really got to see behind the curtain of how a show gets made, and that to me was probably the most educational part of it, without a doubt,” said Centineo to THR. “And also having such a great cast.”
Getting to work with a top notch cast is starting to become a trend for Centineo, as the latest project he was a part of, Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland’s “Warfare,” features all-star lineup of some of Hollywood best rising stars.
“I think Alex Garland, Raymond Mendoza really curated a group of guys that they knew would care and would recognize what’s important with the story and commit to it, and they did,” Centineo said. “It’s really because of them. They put all of us together, we all got along and it was phenomenal experience.”
Speaking to IndieWire’s Christian Blauvelt during a Q&A in Tampa, Florida, fellow “Warfare” castmate Kit Connor echoed this sentiment, detailing the process he, Centineo, Will Poulter, Joseph Quinn, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Cosmo Jarvis, and others went through to become the platoon they would play on screen.
“I know that we all wanted to create this brotherhood and create this bond because that would make our jobs a lot easier,” Connor said. “So the first thing that we did on our first night was shave each other’s heads, which was something that excited us all and it felt slightly ritualistic. We suddenly felt like we were immediately vulnerable with each other and it just felt like we had each other’s backs. And yeah, we trained. We ate together. We would do everything together. We practically lived in each other’s pockets for about two months. I think it really does come across in the film. There’s a real love between us all.”
“Warfare” releases in theaters on April 11 from A24.
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