Miles Teller reportedly has no plans to go on permanent vacation yet.
After the successful takeover of The Long Drink Company by the Mark Anthony Group earlier this week, Teller has opened up about how the reported $325 million deal will reshape his career behind the camera.
Despite having a “minority stake” in the cocktail canned brand, the payout is significant enough to fuel retirement rumors, which Teller quickly quashed in a new conversation with The Hollywood Reporter.
“I don’t really talk about numbers,” he began, keeping the amount he will earn from this deal strictly secret.
“I was always taught that this is not in good taste,” he explained.
He immediately focused on his acting career, stating, “All I want to say is that I won’t be quitting acting anytime soon.”
However, he viewed the deal as “an opportunity to continue to scale”, and shared that this could influence him to move in a new direction.
Expressing his interest in producing and financing films about “underdog stories,” he added, “I really like characters that pull it together, where the odds are stacked against you – a person or a community. This gives me a lot of confidence to trust my instincts.”
“I’ve been producing for the last few years. Certain actors can get movies made with different budgets. If you can say, ‘Hey, I’m attached to this, let me find a director, and which actors do we like for this, do I have a relationship with them?’
“So it definitely helps,” he concluded.
