Quentin Tarantino states that Marvel actors are not Movie stars: ‘Captain America is the star and not Chris Evans.’
Jennifer Aniston shocked everyone at the start of November when she openly said, “There are no more movie stars.” It’s a statement that Quentin Tarantino agrees with, as evidenced by the director’s recent interview on the “2 Bears, 1 Cave” podcast (via Mediaite). Tarantino attributed the loss of movie stars to the “Marvel-ization of Hollywood.”
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“Part of the Marvel-ization of Hollywood is…you have all these actors who have become famous playing these characters,” Tarantino said. “But they’re not movie stars. Right? Captain America is the star. Or Thor is the star. I mean, I’m not the first person to say that. I think that’s been said a zillion times…but it’s like, you know, it’s these franchise characters that become a star.”
In Tarantino’s opinion, Captain America is the star, not Chris Evans. “I’m not even putting them down, frankly, to tell you the truth,” the director said earlier about movie stars no longer existing in bulk. “But that is one of the — the legacy of the Marvel-ization of Hollywood movies.”
In the interview, Tarantino clarified that he doesn’t “hate” Marvel movies but rather dislikes them because Hollywood only seems interested in making those types of films nowadays.
“Look, I used to collect Marvel comics like crazy when I was a kid,” Tarantino said. “There’s an aspect that if these movies were coming out when I was in my twenties, I would totally be fucking happy and totally love them. I mean, they wouldn’t be the only movies being made. They would be those movies, amongst other movies. But, you know, I’m almost 60, so yeah. No, I’m not quite as excited about them.”
“My only axe to grind against them is they’re the only things that seem to be made,” he added. “And they’re the only things that seem to generate any kind of excitement amongst a fan base or even for the studio making them. That’s what they’re excited about. And so it’s just the fact that they are the entire representation of this era of movies right now. There’s not really much room for anything else. That’s my problem.”
Tarantino has no plans to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe anytime soon, claiming earlier this month that he will not direct a Marvel movie. because “you have to be a hired hand to do those things. I’m not a hired hand. I’m not looking for a job.”
In promotion of his newly published book, “Cinema Speculation,” Tarantino has been busy giving interviews this month.
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