Chris Hemsworth recently reacted to the criticism of Marvel movies from acclaimed directors Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola.
The 40-year-old actor admitted he was ‘bothered’ by the ‘harsh’ comments from them made against the franchise blockbusters, other superhero movies and comic book culture.
‘It felt harsh,’ he admitted in an interview with The Times of London published on Sunday.
‘And it bothers me, especially from heroes. It was an eye-roll for me, people bashing the superhero space.’
The Thor star — who recently unveiled a hidden talent — defended his stance by pointing out the ‘billions’ of people who like to watch superhero movies.
Chris Hemsworth recently reacted to the criticism of Marvel movies from acclaimed directors Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. The 40-year-old actor admitted he was ‘bothered’ by the ‘harsh’ comments from them made against the franchise blockbusters, other superhero movies and comic book culture
Scorsese previously slammed comic book movies and said they are not cinema but more like theme parks.
Coppola later saw his comments and co-signed the sentiment, adding that superhero flicks are ‘despicable.’
He said that Scorsese was ‘right’ when he said Marvel movies are ‘not cinema’ and questioned whether ‘anyone gets anything out of seeing the same movie over and over again.’
‘Those guys had films that didn’t work too,’ Hemsworth said about the directors and their critical comments. ‘We all have.’
He continued: ‘When they talked about what was wrong with superheroes, I thought, “Cool, tell that to the billions who watch them. Were they all wrong?”
‘And cinema-going did not change because of superheroes, but because of smartphones and social media,’ he explained. ‘Superhero films actually kept people in the cinemas during that transition and now people are coming back.’
For that reason, he added: ‘They deserve a little more appreciation.’
Hemsworth also said he is disappointed by actors — such as Idris Elba and Christian Bale — who have appeared in Marvel films but then later went back to criticize them.
Scorsese previously slammed comic book movies and said they are not cinema but more like theme parks. Coppola later saw his comments and co-signed the sentiment, adding that superhero flicks are ‘despicable’
Hemsworth slammed their critical comments and said superhero movies ‘deserve a little more appreciation’
‘Nah, it’s like, “They’re films that are successful. Put me in one. Oh, mine didn’t work? I’ll bash them.”‘
The Extraction star recalled working on a soap opera early in his career and said he looks back on that time fondly without ‘guilt or shame,’ which bothers him when other actors don’t do the same.
‘Look, I grew up on a soap opera and it used to bother me when actors would later talk about the show with guilt or shame. Humility goes a long way,’ he said.
‘One of the older actors on Home and Away said, “We don’t get paid to make the good lines sound good, but to make the bad ones work.” That stuck with me. But hey, it’s all a lesson.’
Hemsworth then touched on his time as Thor and acknowledged the ‘superhero curse.’
‘If I ever went back to [Thor], I’d wonder how we could change it again,’ he said. ‘But there is a superhero curse in the sense you get pigeonholed, and I’ve felt a little hamstrung with what I could do, so desperately wanted something to scare the s*** out of me. And Furiosa did.’
He referred to his upcoming action adventure movie, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, in which he stars opposite Anya Taylor-Joy.
He also shamed actors who appear in Marvel films but then turn around and criticize them. Hemsworth then touched on his time as Thor and acknowledged the ‘superhero curse’
He said he felt ‘pigeonholed’ and got ‘bored’ of himself playing the same role for so long until his new, invigorating role
He said his new movie was his favorite role in over 10 years while referring to his upcoming action adventure movie, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, in which he stars opposite Anya Taylor-Joy
In the movie, which premieres in theaters on May 24, he plays warlord Dementus, who leads a great biker horde in the Wasteland
In the movie, which premieres in theaters on May 24, he plays warlord Dementus, who leads a great biker horde in the Wasteland.
Prior to landing the role, Hemsworth said he got ‘bored’ of himself because playing Thor had stopped him from being ‘stretched.’
He was excited to play the role of warlord Dementus in his new movie Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga because it left him feeling invigorated after spending so long feeling like he was ‘stuck.’
Admitting it was his favorite role in over 10 years, he explained: ‘I felt stuck in what I had been doing. I’d run out of things to say creatively and Furiosa reinvigorated the artistic energy that was dormant. I felt spent at the end of a day, rather than… It’s a departure.
‘I was bored of myself, yeah. I was not bored of the opportunities I’d been given, but it all started to feel familiar.
‘I’d done film upon film that fell into a similar space and I wasn’t stretching myself. If you play a character again and again you owe it to the audience to bring something new and make it fresh for yourself too.
‘We did so with Thor: Ragnarok. But for Love and Thunder, for me it got a bit jokey. Too improv.’
