Quentin Tarantino Says Marvel Actors Aren’t Stars

Sooooo … don’t anticipate Quentin Tarantino to direct a Marvel film anytime quickly.

Not that you’d have. Tarantino has, with only a few exceptions, solely ever made unique motion pictures. (Jackie Brown was primarily based on an Elmore Leonard novel; that’s his solely adaptation to this point.) But for those who’re interested by Tarantino’s emotions concerning the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you will discover them on the brand new episode of the 2 Bears, 1 Cave podcast with Tom Segura.

Tarantino brazenly admitted that he collected comics as a child and that he doesn’t “hate” Marvel’s motion pictures. (by way of Mediate) But he additionally stated that he finds it irritating that “they’re the only things that seem to be made. And they’re the only things that seem to generate any kind of excitement amongst a fan base or even like for the studio making them. That’s what they’re excited about.”

He additionally gave a reasonably harsh evaluation of Marvel’s stars, claiming they’re not film stars in any respect. As he put it…

Part of the Marvel-ization of Hollywood is… you’ve got all these actors who’ve develop into well-known taking part in these characters. But they’re not film stars. Right? Captain America is the star. Or Thor is the star. I imply, I’m not the primary particular person to say that. I believe that’s been stated a zillion occasions, you understand, however, you understand, but it surely’s like, you understand, it’s these franchise characters that develop into a star.

Whether Marvel stars are true stars is a subjective matter, and definitely a few of these actors are extra well-known than others. (I doubt Tarantino would argue Robert Downey Jr. just isn’t a film star, for instance.)

At least one Marvel hero has already weighed in on Tarantino’s feedback; Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star Simu Liu posted on Twitter that “if the only gatekeepers to movie stardom came from Tarantino and Scorsese, I would never have had the opportunity to lead a $400 million plus movie.”

Tarantino’s new e-book, Cinema Speculation, is on sale now. You can watch Tarantinp’s look on 2 Bears, 1 Cave under.