Quentin Tarantino Gets Blowback for Saying Marvel Actors “Not Movie Stars” | THR News - video Dailymotion

The 'Kill Bill' director drew heat from 'Shang-Chi' star Simu Liu after giving his take on Marvel movies.

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00:00Quentin Tarantino has become the latest prestige filmmaker to critique superhero movies,

00:05saying Marvel stars are, quote, not movie stars, and one Marvel star is responding.

00:11During an episode of Tom Segura's podcast, Two Bears, One Cave, the host mentioned how there

00:17are few, quote, real movie stars today. His guest, Tarantino, agreed, saying this.

00:22But that is one of the, the legacy of the Marvelization of Hollywood movies.

00:30Tarantino clarified that he's not putting the films down, but when asked if he loves Marvel

00:35movies, this was his response. I don't love them, no, I don't. I know. I don't hate them,

00:40all right, but I don't love them. I mean, look, I used to collect Marvel comics like crazy when I was

00:46a kid. The filmmaker went on to say if these movies came out when he was in his 20s, he would have

00:51loved them, but given that he's almost 60, he's, quote, not quite as excited about them.

00:56My only axe to grind against them is they're the only things that seem to be made. And they're

01:02the only things that seem to generate any kind of excitement. He later said this.

01:06You have all these actors who have become famous playing these characters, but they're not movie

01:12stars. Captain America is the star. Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star Simu

01:20shot back on Twitter. He wrote,

01:22If the only gatekeepers to movie stardom came from Tarantino and Scorsese, I would never have

01:27had the opportunity to lead a $400 million-plus movie. I'm in awe of their filmmaking genius.

01:34They are transcendent auteurs, but they don't get to point their nose at me or anyone.

01:38No movie studio is or ever will be perfect, but I'm proud to work with one that has sustained

01:43efforts to improve diversity on screen by creating heroes that empower and inspire people of all

01:48communities everywhere. I loved the Golden Age too, but it was white as hell.

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