From Mike Colter (Luke Cage) and Charlie Cox (Daredevil) to Tom Holland (Spider-Man) and Tenoch Huerta (Namor), the Marvel Universe has consistently launched the careers of several actors into a whole new stratosphere in the mainstream. For the most part, when comparing an actor's career before and after having starred in a Marvel project, there's a noticeable difference in many cases. Several of the actors go on to accept leading roles in other productions, while others have been awarded their very own spin-offs on Disney+.
In a recent appearance on '2 Bears 1 Cave with Tom Segura and Bert Kreischer," Legendary film director Quentin Tarantino offered some pushback on the notion that actors who portray Marvel characters are actually "stars" in their own right. Instead, the known comic book enthusiast explained why he believes that the fictional comic book characters are the real stars and the actors are simply the vessels telling a story.
“Part of the Marvel-ization of Hollywood is . . . you have all these actors who have become famous playing these characters. But they’re not movie stars. Right?” Tarantino said. “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 response, Samuel L. Jackson, one of the actors he helped introduce to the mainstream with a co-starring role in Pulp Fiction, offered a different perspective from his longtime collaborator while appearing on The View.
“It takes an actor to be those particular characters,” Jackson said. “And the sign of movie stardom has always been, what, a*ses in seats? What are we talking about?”
To listen to Jackon's take on Tarantino's Marvel comments, scroll up, skip to the 6:39 mark, and press play.
Source: NY Post
