The one genre Bong Joon-ho will never direct: “I have a personal problem”
“I feel suffocated”.
Superhero
The movies Roland Emmerich hates with a passion: “It’s ruining our industry”
He’s not alone in his opinion.
The one movie Ang Lee will always wish he could do over: “I should have had more fun”
He took it “too seriously”.
The superhero Eddie Murphy lobbied hard to play: “It’s a very good possibility”
He’s changed his tune.
The “pornographic” reason Stephen King hates superhero movies: “Man, that’s wrong”
Weird, since it’s a largely sexless genre.
The only director who could convince Matt Damon to play a superhero: “I would be in”
There’s only one man for the job.
The only genre Ron Howard has “never said yes” to directing: “I’d be copycatting, not inventing”
He’s unlikely to change his mind.
James Gunn’s favourite comic book movies that aren’t about superheroes: “Works on every level”
Most people probably have no idea these movies were based on comics.
‘X-Men’ at 25: the movie that started the superhero boom, for better or worse
The superhero industrial complex started here.
The closest thing Ridley Scott will ever make to a superhero movie: “Except I’d have a good story”
He hates them with a passion.
The performance Frances McDormand wishes she could do over: “I was taking it too seriously”
It was always going to be tricky.
How Lloyd Kaufman shaped James Gunn’s career: “My life changed within weeks”
Things could have gone very differently.