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date: "2021-12-21T13:39:09Z"
categories:
  - linkedin
description: "This short teaser frames Hollywood not as easy for foreigners, but as one of the least closed major film ecosystems compared with other national industries."
keywords: ["Hollywood", "foreign actors", "film networks", "data analysis", "LinkedIn", "cinema"]
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Can foreigners break into #Hollywood?

A break into films is hard. Particularly when you're a foreigner. But is Hollywood more open or less open than other countries?

If we go by iconic actors, the numbers are not encouraging. Just 2% of Will Smith's co-stars are non-Hollywood. But over 30% of Jackie Chan's co-stars are non-Chinese.

But #clustering shows that Hollywood is actually among the most open to foreigners. #dataanalysis

Read more at https://www.s-anand.net/blog/can-foreigners-enter-hollywood/

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