Stephen Dorff did not mince words as he criticised Marvel Studios soon-to-be-released film, Black Widow, stressing that he is embarrassed for lead star Scarlett Johansson over the movie. I still hunt out the good s**t because I dont want to be in Black Widow, the 47-year-old actor told The Independent in an exclusive interview on July 5.
It looks like garbage to me. It looks like a bad video game. Im embarrassed for those people. Im embarrassed for Scarlett! Im sure she got paid five, seven million bucks, but Im embarrassed for her, Dorff added.
The actor, described as audacious and high energy, made his remarks via a Zoom interview while he was at home in Tennessee in the United States, according to the report.
On movies like Black Widow, which is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Dorff stressed: I dont want to be in those movies. I really dont.
Dorff added that he will just find that kid director thats gonna be the next [Stanley] Kubrick and Ill act for him instead.
Black Widow, directed by Cate Shortland, is finally set to premiere on July 7 (in the United States), after being delayed three times from its original May 2020 release due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The movie will see the first solo film of Johanssons Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) character Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow, which she has been portraying since the second Iron Man movie back in 2010.
Aside from the said film, Dorff also criticised this years Oscars, which was held last April, noting that the industry is becoming a big game show.
You have actors that dont have a clue what theyre doing. You have filmmakers that dont have a clue what theyre doing. Were all in these little boxes on these streamers. TV, film its all one big clusterf**k of content now, Dorff was quoted as saying.
Dorff is known for starring in the 1994 cult classic Backbeat, 2010s Somewhere, and most recently, 2020s Embattled. Despite blasting the MCU film, Dorff also starred in the 1998 Marvel blockbuster Blade alongside Wesley Snipes.
Esteemed filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola also got into a Marvel controversy back in 2019, when the two echoed each others sentiments that MCU films are not cinema. Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network
