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Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
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.
Metro
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Movie fans disappointed after claiming new summer rom-com was ‘misleading'
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Film fans have been left disappointed over the biggest summer rom-com, claiming it was 'mis-sold'. Materialists hit the big screen in the US last week ahead of a UK release of August 15, and boasted an all-star cast led by Madame Web actress Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal. It follows an ambitious matchmaker in New York, who finds herself in need of some romantic advice after she is torn between her imperfect ex (Chris) and someone who could be her perfect match (Pedro). Unfortunately for Lucy, her love triangle causes chaos for her professional life as she attempts to mix business with romance. Celine Song's flick was met with rave reviews from impressed critics and currently commands a Rotten Tomatoes score of 86%, compared to a slightly lower 69% from the audience. However, many viewers have blasted Materialists for not quite doing what it said on the tin, and questioning why the movie was promoted as being a romantic comedy when 'it was neither'. Kelly commented: 'So boring and depressing! Mad that they marketed this like a rom-com, it was neither romantic or comedic!' 'Not what was advertised. Not funny,' Lara agreed. Robert L posted: 'Not the RomCom I expected or was advertised… dialog was very slow and at times the storyline was actually a bit serious… Love these actors, but this could have been a lot better…' 'Tonally an absolute mess. Movie is wildly, and shockingly inconsistent from scene to scene. Does not deliver on its premise or the promise of its marketing,' Hollywoo E complained. Sophia S fumed: 'This was terrible, the marketing for this movie is incredibly misleading. The storyline felt incomplete and relied on exhausted clichés. Overall, it lacks creativity and depth.' As Susan A added: 'I was expecting a rom com. This had some darker issues than I expected.' The official synopsis for the film reads: 'A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.' Celine previously lifted the lid on her efforts behind the camera for Materialists in an interview with A24, explaining that she worked as a matchmaker in her previous career and was able to draw on those experiences. She shared that it's 'very easy to dismiss' the genre of romance, but 'the truth is that love affects all of us. More Trending 'I'm always trying to make a movie that I want to watch. And to me Materialists is made for the audience in 2025, to talk about love and the way it exists today. 'It's completely worthy of cinema.' Materialists is in cinemas now in the US, and is released on August 15 in the UK. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Bridgerton star was cut from Brad Pitt's new F1 movie, says director MORE: Sabrina Carpenter hits back at criticism of racy album cover with sassy remark MORE: M3GAN 2.0 risks crossing 'really fine line' with explicit jokes
New York Post
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
New Lois Lane Rachel Brosnahan slams actors for complaining about superhero movies after Dakota Johnson's snide remarks
Rachel Brosnahan is fighting for the superhero genre. The actress, who is playing Lois Lane in the new 'Superman' film, called out actors who complain about their own superhero movies while chatting with Amanda Seyfried for an Interview Magazine piece published Monday. 11 Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane in 'Superman.' ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection Advertisement 'That's the thing about these movies: You can feel it when people are doing it with passion and grace and curiosity,' said Seyfried, 39. Brosnahan, 34, replied, 'I don't know why people say yes only to then turn around and complain about it. Look, I don't want to sh-t on other actors, 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.' 11 Rachel Brosnahan for Interview Magazine. Interview Magazine Advertisement 11 Rachel Brosnahan posing for her Interview Magazine story. Interview Magazine 11 Rachel Brosnahan attends the 2025 Met Gala in New York. Getty Images 'Do it or don't do it, and then stand by it,' Brosnahan added. Seyfried, who has never been in a superhero movie, praised James Gunn's upcoming 'Superman' remake. Advertisement '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,' said the 'Mean Girls' star. 11 Rachel Brosnahan for Interview Magazine. Interview Magazine 11 Rachel Brosnahan for Interview Magazine. Interview Magazine 'It's really important to have this kind superhero, this guy who's just trying to do his best,' Seyfried added. Advertisement Brosnahan, in agreement, told the fellow actress: 'The cool thing about it is that it's what you expect, and then there's more. Of course, there's great fighting and stunts and big monsters and good and evil.' The 'Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' star is portraying Clark Kent's colleague-turned-love interest in 'Superman.' 11 Rachel Brosnahan and David Corenswet in 'Superman.' Jessica Miglio/Warner Bros. Entertainment David Corenswet stars as the Man of Steel, alongside Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, Ed Gathegi as Mister Terrific, Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho, Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl and Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern. As Brosnahan mentioned, many actors have starred in superhero flicks and then turned on the films after their releases. Dakota Johnson famously bashed her 2024 Marvel movie 'Madame Web' after it flopped at the box office. 11 Dakota Johnson in 'Madame Web.' ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection '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,' she told Bustle last year. Advertisement '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?'' Johnson added. 11 Dakota Johnson in 'Madame Web.' ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Christian Bale also criticized the process of making 2022's 'Thor: Love and Thunder,' in which he played the villain Gorr the God Butcher. 'I mean, the definition of it is monotony,' the Oscar winner, 51, told GQ of green-screen acting. 'You've got good people. You've got other actors who are far more experienced at it than me. Can you differentiate one day from the next? No. Absolutely not. ' Advertisement 11 Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butcher in 'Thor: Love and Thunder.' ©Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Everett Collection But, like Brosnahan, other actors have defended the superhero genre, including 'Man of Steel' and 'Thor: Love and Thunder' star Russell Crowe. 11 Russell Crowe at Milan Fashion Week in June 2024. WWD via Getty Images 'You're telling me you signed up for a Marvel movie, and some f–king universe for cartoon characters … and you didn't get enough pathos?' Crowe, 61, said last year in response to Johnson's negative 'Madame Web' comments. Advertisement 'These are jobs,' Crowe added. '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.' 'Superman' comes out in theaters on July 8.
Gulf Today
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Gulf Today
Dakota Johnson says Hollywood is ‘a mess'
Dakota Johnson has described contemporary Hollywood as "a mess". The 35-year-old actor, who's currently promoting her A24 romcom The Materialists, made the comments on Sean Evans's show Hot Ones. When he asked her why Hollywood is risk-averse, she said: "I think it's hard when creative decisions are made by committee, and by people who don't even really watch movies or know anything about them, and that tends to be what's occurring a lot." She added that there are too many remakes in the film industry at the moment, saying: "When something does well, studios want to keep that going so they remake the same things, but humans don't want that. "They want fresh, they want to feel new things, experience new things, see new things, so I don't know, I guess it's all just a bit of a mess right now, isn't it?" The star has previously called out people in the industry who "don't have a creative bone in their body" when discussing her 2024 box office flop Madame Web, a comic book movie in which she played a superpowered paramedic. She told the Los Angeles Times: "I think 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." Johnson revealed earlier this month that after she won the Golden Raspberry Award (Razzie) for Worst Actress, for her role in Madame Web, she received a kind text from a fellow movie star: Sandra Bullock. She said that after the February event, she got a message from Bullock, who previously won two Razzies in 2010 for the film All About Steve - one for Worst Actress and one for Worst Couple, alongside Bradley Cooper. "Sandra Bullock sent me a voice note, being like, 'I heard you are in the Razzie Club and we should have brunch. We should have like a monthly brunch,'" Johnson explained. "But I freaked out getting this message from her because she's so iconic to me, as a movie star," she added. "I was like, 'Oh my god, it was just crazy.'" In her new film Materialists, which has received more positive reviews and is directed by Past Lives filmmaker Celine Song, Johnson plays a professional matchmaker called Lucy, who ends up caught in a love triangle with Pedro Pascal's Harry and Chris Evans's John. The independent
Geek Feed
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Feed
Dakota Johnson's Unlikely Friend After Madame Web Razzie
Regardless of what the internet says, I thought Madame Web was a highly entertaining movie, but star Dakota Johnson had been getting nothing but flak for it, even getting awarded the Worst Actress Razzie in 2024. Johnson has been very open about knowing that the movie failed, but in a recent talk with Amy Poehler on her podcast Good Hang ( via Variety) she reveals that she made an unlikely friend in the form of fellow Razzie winner Sandra Bullock. 'I recently actually exchanged texts — well, I got a voice note — from Sandra Bullock, because I don't know if you know, but I won the Razzie for Worst Actress… There's a lot of good people who have won that… but Sandra Bullock sent me a voice note, being like 'I heard you are in the Razzie club and we should have brunch, we should have a monthly brunch.' Because I guess she won that the year that she won the Oscar as well. It was in the same year, I think.' For context, Bullock managed to win both an Oscar and a Razzie in the same year. She won Worst Actress for All About Steve , and an Academy Award for The Blind Side . Despite the flak that Johnson got for Madame Web though, it does seem like she still has a good following—at least where social media is concerned. There is a lot of hype for her upcoming movie Materialists , and I thought she was also great in Am I OK? on HBO Max. If anything, Johnson isn't being apologetic about Web at all, and she blames the film's flop status on 'creative decisions made by committee'. ' It's really hard to make art that way. Or to make something entertaining that way. And I think 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,' she says. For now, Johnson stars alongside Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans in Materialists which comes to cinemas on June 13.
