Stephen Dorff is no stranger to railing against Marvel. The actor went viral in 2021 after telling The Independent that Black Widow looks like garbage and that he was embarrassed for its leading star, Scarlett Johansson. Now Dorff is back with a fresh Marvel tirade courtesy of The Daily Beast. The actor, who flexed his comic book movie chops opposite Wesley Snipes in 1998s Blade, said hed only want to star in contemporary comic book films if they were more like when I started when we made Blade, or the few that have been decent over the years, like when Nolan did The Dark Knight and reinvented Batman from Tim Burton. All this other garbage is just embarrassing, you know what I mean? Dorff continued. I mean, God bless them, theyre making a bunch of money, but their movies suck [laughs]. And nobodys going to remember them. Nobodys remembering Black Adam at the end of the day. I didnt even see that movie, it looked so bad.
According to Dorff, the future of cinema rests in upcoming new talents like director Eddie Alcazar (who helmed the Sundance entry Divinity, which stars Dorff) and not in making Black Adam and worthless garbage over and over again. Marvel is currently developing a new take on Blade for its Marvel Cinematic Universe, but not all has gone according to plan. Mahershala Ali is attached to the role, but original director Bassam Tariq exited the film two months before the intended production start date. Yann Demange is currently set to direct the MCUs Blade movie. Dorff said theres no chance the MCU bests the 1999 original, which was directed by Steve Norrington. Marvel is used to me trashing them anyway, Dorff said. Hows that PG Blade movie going for you, that cant get a director? [laughs] Because anybody who goes there is going to be laughed at by everyone, because we already did it and made it the best. Theres no Steve Norrington out there. Earlier in the interview, Dorff said hed do mainstream movies all the time if they were good. The actor added, If the one or two a year that happen dont, for whatever reason, cast me in a role, Im not going to lose sleep over it because I wasnt one of 50 people in Oppenheimer. I mean, it looks cool, but to me, unless youre playing Oppenheimer, I dont want to be in that movie [laughs]. Unless its my friends movie, and then Ill do a scene or pop up.
Stephen Dorff, known for his hit roles as Ranger Hal Hartman from 2017's Leatherface, and as Robbie Cole 2022's straight to DVD release 'Paradise City' is trashing Marvel and superhero movies. Thinks Blade is on the same level as The Dark Knight.
What do you think, CE?
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