John Abraham reveals OTT platforms ‘threw out’ The Diplomat, rejected it: 'We have proved everyone wrong'

John Abraham spoke about how people who watched The Diplomat came to him appreciating the film. The Diplomat is based on real events.

Actor John Abraham spoke about how OTT platforms rejected his latest film, The Diplomat, as they "didn't find it great". Speaking with Pinkvilla, John said that the best thing about The Diplomat is that people had zero expectations from the film. (Also Read | The Diplomat box office collection day 6: John Abraham-starrer slows down midweek, yet to cross ₹20 crore)

John Abraham spoke about his film and OTT platforms

A scene from The Diplomat featuring John Abraham.

The actor spoke about studios, OTT platforms and their reaction to his film. John said, "The loss of faith happens from the studio. So when a studio sees a film when it goes and does a round of OTTs because a studio may want to mitigate the risk by sending it to an OTT channel when some OTT channels have refused The Diplomat because they didn’t find it great. They didn’t find it good...They rejected the film; they threw it out.”

John recalls people's reaction to The Diplomat

He also spoke about how people who watched The Diplomat came to him appreciating the film. “In the case of The Diplomat, we have proved the studio wrong, the OTTs wrong, and everyone wrong. The best thing about The Diplomat...is expectations of everyone were zero. So, from zero, when you don't go to a two-three, but you go straight to a 10, people are like, ‘Oh, wow, this is crazy'. I've people coming and telling me, 'Does this studio know that they have got the best film in the last ten years under their belt?'. That's a victory for me," he added.

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