Tim Robbins as the amoral studio executive Griffin Mill in director Robert Altman’s “The Player.” (Fineline Features/ Alamy) Like the aforementioned series, “The Studio” revels in plenty ...

As for who that executive was, he later confirmed it was Asbell, the current president of 20th Century Studios. “He’s great. He’s a lovely guy, but he’s very conflicted about what he has to do,” the ...