Brosnahan Says Actors Need to Stop Complaining About Their Superhero Movies: ‘Do It or Don’t Do It, and Then Stand by It’
Rachel Brosnahan is making her comic book movie debut as Lois Lane in James Gunn’s Superman this summer.
It’s an experience she does not plan on criticizing no matter how successful the movie ends up being.
Speaking to Amanda Seyfried for Interview magazine, Brosnahan called out actors who star in superhero tentpoles only to bash them later on when they don’t turn out as planned.
“I don’t know why people say yes to a project only to then turn around and complain about it,” Brosnahan said. “Look, I don’t want to shit on other actors, but there was a minute where it was cool to not like superhero movies and to look back on projects like this and pooh-pooh them. Do it or don’t do it, and then stand by it.”
Dakota Johnson: Madame Web flop wasn’t my fault
Brosnahan did not call out any actors by name, but several comic book movie stars have openly distanced themselves from their tentpoles. Recently, Dakota Johnson reacted to “Madame Web” flopping by saying “it wasn’t my fault.”
“There’s this thing that happens now where a lot of creative decisions are made by committee. Or made by people who don’t have a creative bone in their body. And it’s really hard to make art that way,” Johnson told the Los Angeles Times. “Or to make something entertaining that way. And I think unfortunately with ‘Madame Web,’ it started out as something and turned into something else. And I was just sort of along for the ride at that point. But that happens. Bigger-budget movies fail all the time.”
Hemsworth: I became a parody of myself in Thor: Love and Thunder
Chris Hemsworth said to GQ after “Thor: Love and Thunder” flopped with critics that it was “too silly” for its own good. He then told Vanity Fair last year: “I got caught up in the improv and the wackiness, and I became a parody of myself. I didn’t stick the landing.”
Brosnahan joins the likes of Margot Kidder and Amy Adams in portraying the intrepid journalist Lois Lane on the big screen. Gunn’s “Superman” features David Corenswet in the title role and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor. The trio is hoping to have a long future with these characters as “Superman” is just the beginning of Gunn’s rebooted DC Universe.
“Yeah, I’d come back,” Brosnahan told Seyfried about doing a “Superman” sequel. “We had a great time. There’s also so many people in this cast who I didn’t get to work with.”
Superman opens in theaters July 11 from Warner and DC Studios.
