He told Indiewire: “But as we were looking through the protocols, the guidelines, all the complications with COVID, the producer side of me made me think it’s just not responsible to have one of the actors direct the first two, given that we’re still going to be getting our perimeter safe,
“Because if one of the actors gets sick, we all have to go home for weeks.
“If one of the crew members gets sick — while I’m making sure their salary is protected while they’re in quarantine — we can hire a replacement.”
He added: “So it just didn’t seem smart for me to (direct) the first two.”
Again, this is going to affect his Ozark salary but it seems the star is more disappointed about being unable to direct given his love o filmmaking.
Ozark will have significantly boosted Bateman’s wealth with Forbes and Celebrity Net Work reporting he had a net worth of an estimated £23.9 million ($30 million).
Ozark seasons 1 to 3 are streaming on Netflix now