Harrison Ford on Marvel: We're silly if we sit around regretting the change
Harrison Ford will make his Marvel debut in 'Captain America: Brave New World' next year, and the 'Star Wars' actor thinks it is "silly" to avoid such films just because they are different to what was largely made in the 80s and 90s.
Harrison Ford thinks it is "silly" to avoid Marvel movies, because they produce "good experiences for an audience".
The 82-year-old actor will make his Marvel debut in 'Captain America: Brave New World' next year, as Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross/ Red Hulk, because he wanted to embrace the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) rather than "sit around regretting the change".
He told GQ Magazine: "I mean, this is the Marvel universe and I’m just there on a weekend pass. I’m a sailor new to this town.
"I understand the appeal of other kinds of films besides the kind we made in the ’80s and ’90s.
"I don’t have anything general to say about it.
"It’s the condition our condition is in, and things change and morph and go on.
"We’re silly if we sit around regretting the change and don’t participate.
"I’m participating in a new part of the business that, for me at least, I think is really producing some good experiences for an audience. I enjoy that.”
Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino recently claimed Marvel characters have become the "stars" of the films, rather than the actors, nowadays.
But Ford believes movies will "find" stars if they are required.
Quizzed on the death of Hollywood movie stars, he said: "Oh, I think it’s rubbish.
"I don’t think the question is whether or not there are any movie stars.
"There’s wonderful actors coming up every day.
"Whether or not they become movie stars is really not the point.
"If movies need stars, they will find them.
"I’ve never understood being a movie star. I’m an actor. I tell stories.
"I’m part of a group of people who work together, collaborate on telling stories. I’m an assistant storyteller. That’s what I am."
Ford's comments come after Tarantino alluded to the loss of movie stars being down to the "Marvel-ization of Hollywood movies".
Speaking on the '2 Bears, 1 Cave' podcast, he said: "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? 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.
"I’m not even putting them down frankly, to tell you the truth.
"But that is one of the ... the legacy of the Marvel-ization of Hollywood movies.”
Tarantino also insisted his "only axe to grind against" Marvel movies was they are "the only things that seem to be made".
