The MCU gives actors the freedom to perform—but why not the directors?
Fans were surprised when they found out that Ethan Hawke joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe earlier this year with the Dinsey+ series Moon Knight. Hawke, who played the villainous cult leader Arthur Harrow, has been critical of the superhero genre for the past few years, but it is not for the same old-man-yells-at-the-sky reason we’re used to hearing.
Hawke loves every kind of movie and doesn’t think there is a difference between “high art” and “low art.” In the era of filmmaking when studios keep making big-budget movies that are safe bets, Hawke finds it challenging for filmmakers and actors to explore complex characters in a unique and experimental way.
In an interview with IndieWire, Hawke said that it is not “stuck up” that critics think of comic book films as if they are art films.
Author: Alyssa Miller
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
