Woody Allen only did Amazon Prime show Crisis in Six Scenes because he thought it would be 'an easy pay cheque'

"I thought: ‘It will take two or three weeks, it’s just television'"

Café Society won’t be the only Woody Allen release of the year; later this month, the Amazon exclusive Crisis in Six Scenes will start streaming, marking the first time Allen has appeared on screen since 2013.

Co-stars include the likes of Miley Cyrus, Elaine May, and John Magaro, leading to a mixed reaction from the general public.

Even the director has admitted he only took on the project because he thought it would be an “easy pay cheque” that would take “two or three weeks” to make.

“I thought it was going to be an easy pay cheque,” he told The i. “I thought I’d do it between films and make a lot of money. I thought: ‘It will take two or three weeks, it’s just television and I’ll do it back-handedly.’ But it turned out to be much harder. It took me a while. So, of course, I was disappointed.”

Allen also discussed how he had little contact with those who work at Amazon and that he has never used the shopping service, reiterating his technophobe behaviour and that he still uses a typewriter for his scripts.

Café Society is in UK cinemas now (read our review here) while Crisis in Six Scenes reaches Amazon on 30 September.