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Simu Liuisn’t holding back.
“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,” Liu wrote in aTwitterpost, also referencing directorMartin Scorsese’snow-famous 2019 commentthat Marvel Cinematic Universe movies are “not cinema.”
“I am in awe of their filmmaking genius. They are transcendent auteurs,” Liu wrote on Twitter, adding that auteur directors like Tarantino “don’t get to point their nose at me or anyone.”
Liu finished his post with a simple point about how times have changed in Hollywood.
“I loved the “Golden Age” too.. but it was white as hell,” he wrote on Twitter.
In Tarantino’s recent podcast appearance, theOnce Upon a Time… in Hollywooddirector said that while MCU actors grow famous playing superhero characters, “they’re not movie stars,” according toMediaite.
“Captain America is the star. Or Thor is the star,” Tarantino said of MCU films during the appearance. “I mean, I’m not the first person to say that. I think that’s been said a zillion times, you know, but, you know, but it’s like, you know, it’s these franchise characters that become a star.”
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The director said during the conversation with podcast host Tom Segura that his “only ax to grind against them is they’re the only things that seem to be made.”
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“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,” he added. “That’s what they’re excited about. And, you know, so it’s just the fact that they are the entire representation of this era of movies right now.”
About 30 minutes after Liu shared his thoughts on Twitter, the actor posted that he was “bracing for loser internet trolls” along with aGIF image of himself preparing for a fightinShang-Chi.
Other Hollywood directors who haveexpressed a distaste for superhero moviesin recent years includeRidley Scott,Jodie Foster,Jane Campion, Roland Emmerich and Terry Gilliam.
In August 2021, Liu told PEOPLE that calling his rise to fame as the lead ofShang-Chi"a dream come true" would be “such a huge understatement” as hespoke about his lifelong love for Marvel characters.
“I used to love watching Marvel movies when I was a kid, even before, pre-MCU,” he told PEOPLE at the time. “If there was a superhero, I wanted to watch it. This is all I’ve ever wanted.”
source: people.com
