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Hollywood star makes thinly veiled dig at Dakota Johnson whining over Madame Web
One year ago, Russell Crowe called out Dakota Johnson by name for bad-mouthing her superhero box office bomb Madame Web, and now another movie star has made a thinly-veiled dig at her.
Rachel Brosnahan - who plays Lois Lane in the upcoming Superman reboot - doesn't understand 'why people say yes' to these sort of projects 'only to then turn around and complain about it.'
'Look, I don't want to s*** on other actors,' the 34-year-old Marvelous Mrs. Maisel alum vented to Amanda Seyfried via Interview on Monday.
'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.'
Seyfried replied: 'I honestly don't think you should call it a superhero movie ever again, because it isn't just that, and I think people are going to see that. It's really important to have this kind superhero, this guy who's just trying to do his best.'
The 35-year-old nepo baby of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith took on the role of clairvoyant paramedic Cassandra Webb in S. J. Clarkson's movie from Sony's Spider-Man Universe, which only earned $100.5M back from its $100M budget.
Madame Web also had a dismal 11% critic approval rating (out of 265 reviews) and a 53% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
'I had never done anything like it before. I probably will never do anything like it again because I don't make sense in that world. And I know that now,' Dakota scoffed to Bustle last year.
'But sometimes in this industry, you sign on to something, and it's one thing and then as you're making it, it becomes a completely different thing, and you're like, '"Wait, what?"'
Three months after Johnson's comments, Russell Crowe - who acted in Man of Steel and Thor: Love and Thunder - felt the urge to respond.
'You're telling me you signed up for a Marvel movie, and some f***ing universe for cartoon characters … and you didn't get enough pathos?' the 61-year-old Oscar winner told British GQ.
'These are jobs. Here's your role, play the role. If you're expecting this to be some kind of life-changing event, I just think you're here for the wrong reasons.'
Earlier this month, the Materialists actress - who claimed the script went through 'drastic changes' - blamed Madame Web's poor performance on the fact that 'creative decisions are made by committee' and declared: 'It wasn't my fault.'
'Or made by people who don't have a creative bone in their body. And it's really hard to make art that way. Or to make something entertaining that way,' Dakota told the Los Angeles Times.
'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.'
Seyfried replied: 'I honestly don't think you should call it a superhero movie ever again, because it isn't just that, and I think people are going to see that. It's really important to have this kind superhero, this guy who's just trying to do his best' (pictured June 2)
Madame Web also had a dismal 11% critic approval rating (out of 265 reviews) and a 53% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes
Dakota scoffed to Bustle last year: 'I had never done anything like it before. I probably will never do anything like it again because I don't make sense in that world. And I know that now. But sometimes in this industry, you sign on to something, and it's one thing and then as you're making it, it becomes a completely different thing, and you're like, '"Wait, what?"'
Three months after Johnson's comments, Russell Crowe - who acted in Man of Steel and Thor: Love and Thunder (pictured) - responded in British GQ, 'You're telling me you signed up for a Marvel movie, and some f***ing universe for cartoon characters and you didn't get enough pathos?'
Johnson shaded the film, yet again, during last Thursday's webisode of Hot Ones after host Sean Evans told her he was 'no superhero' and she wisecracked: 'I am also not a superhero. Tried, failed.'
Other celebs who've starred in superhero fare then publicly criticized the genre include Thor: Love and Thunder alum Christian Bale, Thor alum Anthony Hopkins, The Amazing Spider-Man alum Sally Field, Moon Knight alum Ethan Hawke, Blade alum Stephen Dorff, and Iron Man 2 alum Mickey Rourke.
Meanwhile, Rachel couldn't be more thrilled to showcase her take on the pretty Daily Planet reporter previously portrayed by Amy Adams, Kate Bosworth, Erica Durance, Teri Hatcher, Margot Kidder, and Phyllis Coates.
'I've never done something that has a baked-in fan base already,' Brosnahan said.
'People have such strong feelings about [Superman] and the world and whoever's in charge of it. It's cool to be a part of something that people are so passionate about. It's definitely intimidating, too.'
The Emmy winner teased some sort of special stunt she got to perform on the set: 'I got to do a different thing, which I'm not really allowed to talk about, that didn't involve wires but felt like maybe it should have. It was nuts!'
James Gunn's $225M-budget reboot of Superman - hitting US theaters July 11 - also stars David Corenswet, Nicholas Hoult, Nathan Fillion, Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, and Isabela Merced.
Rachel's other upcoming projects include the second season of Apple TV+ thriller Presumed Innocent, Bernard Rose's King Lear adaptation Lear Rex for Dali Films, and Halina Reijn's small-screen adaptation of Lisa Taddeo's 2019 novel Lois & Varga for Amazon Studios.
On the personal front, Brosnahan and husband Jason Ralph just celebrated their ninth wedding anniversary on June 6.
