US director Martin Scorsese (79, "The Irishman") does not consider superhero films to be "cinemas", as he said a good two years ago, according to media reports, in an interview with "Empire". "Spider-Man: No Way Home" star Tom Holland (25) now contradicts the master filmmaker in a new interview with "The Hollywood Reporter". "He doesn't know what it's like because he's never done one," Holland argues.
"Everything the same, just on a different level"
He himself has shot both Marvel films and those "that were discussed in the world of the Oscars". "The only real difference is that one is a lot more expensive than the other." How the British actor forms his "character and how the director carves out the arc of the story and the characters - it's all the same, just on a different level". For him, making superhero films is "real art".
However, according to the 25-year-old, the pressure on cast members in superhero blockbusters, which include acclaimed stars like Benedict Cumberbatch (45) and Scarlett Johansson (37), is far greater than in other genres. Why? "When you make these films, good or bad, you know millions of people are going to see them," he explains. On the other hand, nobody would see small indie films if they were bad. "So that brings with it different levels of pressure."
Martin Scorsese compared Marvel blockbusters to theme parks
Martin Scorsese compared superhero films to "theme parks" in the 2019 interview. "It's not in the cinema where human beings are trying to convey emotional, psychological experiences to another human being," he explained. A month later, however, he qualified his point of view in an opinion piece in the New York Times. "Many film series are made by people of considerable talent and artistry," he wrote. The fact that he himself has no interest in such blockbusters is merely "a question of personal taste and temperament".
