"We'll cut away. We have a 10-second delay. Nobody expects or wants to see anything like that to happen. But we will cut away, and it's as simple as that."
"Our main contingency planning is we can delay the broadcast by maybe an hour, maybe slightly longer."
"First and foremost, he has to feel good about it. And we've said to him repeatedly, 'If you're not feeling it, despite the fact it's a live broadcast and there's a bunch of TV people hanging around, you are under no pressure to do this climb,' 'And the second tick is, if we get in a situation where he's saying, 'Yeah, I'm going for it,' but there are things that are bothering us, we have the right to say 'no.' He won't be on that building unless we're all comfortable.'"
Netflix will implement a 10-second broadcast delay and the option to cut away during Alex Honnold's live climb of Taipei 101 to prevent viewers from seeing a fall. The production can delay the start by about an hour, extend the delay slightly longer, or push the climb to the next day if conditions warrant. A two-tick safety system requires Honnold to feel comfortable and producers to be fully satisfied before permitting the climb. Honnold has been told he is under no pressure to climb if he does not feel ready. The climb is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET if all approvals are given.
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