After Samuel L. Jackson, it’s up to Robert Downey Jr. to respond to Quentin Tarantino’s criticism of Marvel movies. The famous director was outraged last month against the “Marvelization” of Hollywood. on the podcast 2 bears, 1 holdhe had estimated that the actors who embodied the main roles in Marvel movies were “non-stars”, because they were overshadowed by their role.
“I think our views on this matter say a lot about us,” responded Robert Downey Jr., aka Iron Man, in the review columns. Term. “We live in a time where franchises have taken over, and I’ve been a part of that a lot. But it’s a double-edged sword.”
And the actor added: “A franchise is only as good as the people who work on it. It’s possible to get a big blockbuster out of a great writer or director, but if you don’t allow good artists to take on this role, you never know what will happen.” could have been done and how good it could have been.
“A waste of time”
Tarantino, a huge comic book reader himself, has already slipped references to Marvel works, such as the Silver Surfer, into his movies. If the director doesn’t hate Marvel movies, he says on the other hand tired by his omnipresence in the Hollywood landscape: “There really isn’t room for anything else. That’s my problem.”
For Robert Downey Jr., this debate “is a waste of time”: “We are a community. There is enough space for everyone. I thank God for Top Gun: Maverick Y Avatar: The Channel. That’s all I have to say. We need these big machines to make movies like time of armageddon [le dernier film de James Gray, présenté à Cannes en mai dernier, NDLR].”
Samuel L. Jackson had responded to Tarantino on the set of the show. the view“It’s not controversial for me to say that these actors are stars. Chadwick Boseman is Black Panther. You can’t refute that. He’s a movie star,” he explained. “I’d rather be Nick Fury than make movies hoping to win an Oscar.”
Source: BFM TV
