Colin Farrell made a great start to his acting career and his first major role was in the war drama. country of tigers and her breakthrough as a co-star with Tom Cruise in Minority report. He also starred in one of the best movies of 2022 The Banshees of Inisherin. But like all successful actors, there’s always a film that takes you back in time, like when Farrell’s historical epic Alexander bombed at the box office.
One could think of the epic story of Oliver Stone Alexander It would have been very promising due to its large build and having big stars like Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer and Jared Leto. talking inside VHR Actors Roundtable Colin Farrell spoke about the high expectations he had working on what would end up being a box office flop.
Waiting is a dangerous thing. Alexander was a story Oliver Stone had been dreaming about since he was in college. As big as he was, as global as he was, as political as he was, as exciting as he was, as violent as he was and as sensual as he was, he was very personal, to Oliver and to me. It took six months to shoot, across three continents. It was amazing. When I say “wait”, we all had our tuxedos ready [for awards shows]. I’m not even kidding. We all said, ‘Okay guys, let’s go to the Oscars’. It’s a sure thing. And then he came out.
This Irish actor had a high profile career in the early 2000s with major roles in phone booth, the rookie, Yup TO BREAK which opened to positive reviews and box office success. He even excelled in supporting roles with one of the his best roles in Reckless as the antagonist of bullet throwing hero. Farrell then turned to independent films when she co-starred with Cillian Murphy in To break which broke the record for highest-grossing film in three years.
With all the luck this talented actor has had, he once suffered a brief twist. Alexander it was poorly received. Farrell later spoke to his fellow actors about the discovery Alexander was getting hit with incredibly harsh reviews.
The reviews came out, and I remember someone saying, “Oh man, that’s not good. And my publicist says, “This is really not good.” I was like, ‘Well, what do you mean ‘not good’?’ There were no Rotten Tomatoes at the time, so they had all the reviews printed and one by one they told me to pack up, I was caught, ‘Alexander the Dull’, ‘Alexander the Boring’, ‘Alexander the Inarticulate ‘, ‘Alexander the Weak’. I was like, ‘Damn it.’ I thought, ‘What can I do?’
Alexander it was not without controversy with historians unhappy with suggestions that Alexander the Great was bisexual with romantic tension between him and Hephaestion. It’s something good by Zack Synder 300 Sequel idea to a gay love story involving Alexander the Great it did not materialise. There has also been criticism of the depiction of Persians in their dress and military organization. Critics felt this film was more in tone of a historical documentary without enough action and emotional depth to fit the historical epic genre. With AlexanderWith a production budget of $155 million and the cost of additional marketing expenses, it made a loss of $71 million. There were no Oscar nominations here, but Alexander received numerous nominations at the 2005 Golden Raspberry Awards and the 2004 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards.
Colin Farrell never expected his next project to go so badly and make him question his abilities as an actor. He went on to say that he was so embarrassed to have attended Alexander that he wished he could apologize to disappointed viewers.
I was so ashamed. I found myself in a place where to everyone I met, I wanted to say: “Have you seen Alexander? If so, I’m truly sorry. I’m not even kidding. I wasn’t going to give them the $20 million back, but…
Though no amount of cut versions can save Oliver Stone Alexander, Colin Farrell was going nowhere. He went on to cash in on his second historical epic New world as Captain John Smith and won his first Golden Globe in another best role for you, Among the witches. While it only takes one movie to ruin an actor’s career, Colin Farrell was not one of those actors who succumbed to this setback. He just came back stronger.
Luckily, the Irish native’s acting career wasn’t marred by the doomed film. Alexander. Over the past year, he has received numerous nominations and awards for his role in The Banshees of Inisherin. be sure to watch this serious Oscar contender in you HBO Max subscription.
Source: Cinemablend
