Rachel Brosnahan is entering the superhero universe this summer as Lois Lane in the upcoming Superman film. While some actors have publicly criticized their comic book roles, Brosnahan has made it clear she has no intention of doing the same.
Speaking to Amanda Seyfried for Interview magazine, Brosnahan called out actors who star in superhero tentpoles only to bash them later on when they don’t turn out as planned.
“I don’t know why people say yes [to a project] only to then turn around and complain about it,” Brosnahan said. “Look, I don’t want to shit 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. Do it or don’t do it, and then stand by it.”
Brosnahan did not call out any actors by name, but several comic book movie stars have openly distanced themselves from their tentpoles over the last few years.
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Dakota Johnson recently described Hollywood as “a bit of a mess” and criticized studios for repeatedly remaking “the same things”. She reacted to Madame Web flopping by saying, “It wasn’t my fault.”
“There’s this thing that happens now where a lot of creative decisions are made by committee. Or made by people who don’t have a creative bone in their body. And it’s really hard to make art that way,” Johnson said.
Brosnahan joins the likes of Margot Kidder and Amy Adams in portraying the intrepid journalist Lois Lane on the big screen. Gunn’s Superman features David Corenswet in the title role and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor. The trio is hoping to have a long future with these characters as Superman is just the beginning of Gunn’s rebooted DC Universe.
“Yeah, I’d come back,” Brosnahan told Seyfried about doing a Superman sequel. “We had a great time. There’s also so many people in this cast who I didn’t get to work with.”
Superman opens in theaters July 11.
