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> Iger has been noted for his kindness by David Geffen, who said: "I have never heard one person say a bad thing about him and I have never seen him be mean".

> Iger has been noted for his kindness by David Geffen, who said: "I have never heard one person say a bad thing about him and I have never seen him be mean". I obviously cannot verify this, but I hope it's true because I like the idea that it's not unthinkable how someone can get to the top of the corporate world while also being a nice person.

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anshumankmr 4y ago
He was able to convince Steve Jobs to sell Pixar, Lucas to sell Star Wars, somehow get Marvel and Sony to co-produce Spider-Man (with the help of Kevin Feige), and also to buy 21st Century Fox from the Murdochs. That requires some skill and even empathy when required. For example, it had become very obvious Lucas wouldn't be able to direct his long desired sequel trilogy, so I am sure he must have used empathy as a part of his negotiation. Allegedly,he was able to get a handshake deal that they would use Lucas's script ideas for Ep VII (which they dropped once the deal was done)
- abcd_f 4y ago
  > Lucas's script ideas for Ep VII (which they dropped once the deal was done) Oooh, you wouldn't have some sort of a link that elaborates on this?
  - anshumankmr 4y ago
    https://www.insider.com/george-lucas-felt-betrayed-disney-scrapped-star-wars-movie-ideas-2019-9 https://www.insider.com/george-lucas-felt-betrayed-disney-sc... https://ew.com/books/2019/09/24/bob-iger-george-lucas-felt-betrayed-disney-star-wars/ https://ew.com/books/2019/09/24/bob-iger-george-lucas-felt-b... That being said, since no one ever has seen that script except maybe some high level execs, it will be quite pointless to speculate on its quality.
    - WorldMaker 4y ago
      George Lucas has answered in interviews what his plan for the sequels had been. Here's one source: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/06/george-lucas-reveals-his-plan-for-star-wars-7-through-9-and-it-was-awful/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/06/george-lucas-reveals-... That link editorializes in its URL that the plan was awful, but you can read it yourself. (I felt it pretty easy to speculate that its quality might not be great in reading George Lucas' book adaptation of A New Hope, personally, and guessed at some of the answers he later gave in interviews. Though it would have been a fun spectacle/drug trip.)
madrox 4y ago
As someone with some knowledge, I can share that it's moslty true. Bob has a knack for managing people...especially people on the creative side of the industry who are notoriously sensitive to feeling managed. It's why so many people expected him to jump into politics when he departed from Disney. He gets away with this and is still an effective CEO because he gets others in his circle to play the bad cop and take bad press. I say all this as someone with huge respect for Iger and all he's done.

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anshumankmr 4y ago

He was able to convince Steve Jobs to sell Pixar, Lucas to sell Star Wars, somehow get Marvel and Sony to co-produce Spider-Man (with the help of Kevin Feige), and also to buy 21st Century Fox from the Murdochs. That requires some skill and even empathy when required. For example, it had become very obvious Lucas wouldn't be able to direct his long desired sequel trilogy, so I am sure he must have used empathy as a part of his negotiation. Allegedly,he was able to get a handshake deal that they would use Lucas's script ideas for Ep VII (which they dropped once the deal was done)

abcd_f 4y ago
> Lucas's script ideas for Ep VII (which they dropped once the deal was done) Oooh, you wouldn't have some sort of a link that elaborates on this?
- anshumankmr 4y ago
  https://www.insider.com/george-lucas-felt-betrayed-disney-scrapped-star-wars-movie-ideas-2019-9 https://www.insider.com/george-lucas-felt-betrayed-disney-sc... https://ew.com/books/2019/09/24/bob-iger-george-lucas-felt-betrayed-disney-star-wars/ https://ew.com/books/2019/09/24/bob-iger-george-lucas-felt-b... That being said, since no one ever has seen that script except maybe some high level execs, it will be quite pointless to speculate on its quality.
  - WorldMaker 4y ago
    George Lucas has answered in interviews what his plan for the sequels had been. Here's one source: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/06/george-lucas-reveals-his-plan-for-star-wars-7-through-9-and-it-was-awful/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/06/george-lucas-reveals-... That link editorializes in its URL that the plan was awful, but you can read it yourself. (I felt it pretty easy to speculate that its quality might not be great in reading George Lucas' book adaptation of A New Hope, personally, and guessed at some of the answers he later gave in interviews. Though it would have been a fun spectacle/drug trip.)

madrox 4y ago

As someone with some knowledge, I can share that it's moslty true. Bob has a knack for managing people...especially people on the creative side of the industry who are notoriously sensitive to feeling managed. It's why so many people expected him to jump into politics when he departed from Disney. He gets away with this and is still an effective CEO because he gets others in his circle to play the bad cop and take bad press. I say all this as someone with huge respect for Iger and all he's done.