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Borderlands star Jamie Lee Curtis apologizes to Kevin Feige for trashing the MCU at SDCC
RagnarokIV
Battlebus imprisoning me \m/ >.< \m/
Anytime I hear "do better" it's cringe as fuck.
Thought she was supposed to be an 'ard woman?
Thought she was supposed to be an 'ard woman?
Werewolf Jones
Member
Wants a role after Redditlands will bomb.
Ammogeddon
Member
She reached out to Kevin Feige to apologise? WTF. I doubt he even knew what she said let alone gave a shit. Am I in a dimension where he is a messiah or something? I doubt her burn would affect her career, unless she wants a Marvel role.
ResilientBanana
Member
Sounds like she might be negotiating a role in MCU and may have had to publicly apologize to ever see it.
John Bilbo
Member
Money talks and bullshit walks.
Eiknarf
Banned
"iT's 2024, I hAve tO apoLoGize OR do bEtt3r"
After you say something, just move on! Leave it there! Leave it alone!
Like Johnny Lawrence says to Daniel San in the original Karate Kid before BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF HIM, "You couldn't leave well enough alone, could ya, little twerp?"
After you say something, just move on! Leave it there! Leave it alone!
Like Johnny Lawrence says to Daniel San in the original Karate Kid before BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF HIM, "You couldn't leave well enough alone, could ya, little twerp?"
ManaByte
Gold Member
Someone really wants a Marvel payday don’t they
Her agent probably made her do it so she doesn't torch her chance at playing the rebooted Madame Web.
newtypepilot
Member
"my agent told me to apologize even though I spoke the truth"
FeralEcho
Member
This is pathetic...."I will do better" is not something you say for a fucking joke.One aimed at a multibillion dollar company at that.
God,these people have no spine whatsoever! Worthless people who can't stand by anything they say.
Maybe be better by standing by what you say next time and not pussy out like a little bitch.
You know what's tragic and what pisses me off?! These are the people that are role models...This is what the newer generations learn from these people.
"Don't stand by anything you say if it offends anyone at all."
God,these people have no spine whatsoever! Worthless people who can't stand by anything they say.
Maybe be better by standing by what you say next time and not pussy out like a little bitch.
You know what's tragic and what pisses me off?! These are the people that are role models...This is what the newer generations learn from these people.
"Don't stand by anything you say if it offends anyone at all."
Lambogenie
Member
Even if you want a Marvel role, do they even pay much if you're not already RDJ or someone above that outside of Marvel?
After you're in Marvel, your chance of success after isn't even high either! So my point is, fuck it if you don't get a job with Marvel. You may end up better of anyway!
After you're in Marvel, your chance of success after isn't even high either! So my point is, fuck it if you don't get a job with Marvel. You may end up better of anyway!
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
I can understand why she's apologising for what seems a pretty mild comment.
I think she had a bit of a wilderness period where she didn't really appear in anything particularly high profile. I actually assumed that she had chosen to retire, but now she's got a bit of momentum again, she'd be foolish to risk upsetting someone powerful, it has serious career derailing potential.
Look at Megan Fox. Upset some powerful people and went from lead actor in blockbusters - at the time a bigger star than JLC is now, to being known as someone who used to be in films and is now someone's girlfriend.
I think people assuming someone can burn bridges with one part of the Hollywood establishment probably aren't considering that it's all interlinked and is a relatively small industry where everyone knows each other.
I think she had a bit of a wilderness period where she didn't really appear in anything particularly high profile. I actually assumed that she had chosen to retire, but now she's got a bit of momentum again, she'd be foolish to risk upsetting someone powerful, it has serious career derailing potential.
Look at Megan Fox. Upset some powerful people and went from lead actor in blockbusters - at the time a bigger star than JLC is now, to being known as someone who used to be in films and is now someone's girlfriend.
I think people assuming someone can burn bridges with one part of the Hollywood establishment probably aren't considering that it's all interlinked and is a relatively small industry where everyone knows each other.
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HoodWinked
Member
Kinda works out for her, this gets her some attention and publicity.
Even ended up getting to contact Kevin Feige.
Even ended up getting to contact Kevin Feige.
I'm sure she was considered for the role of Wasps mom that went to Michelle Pffifer. Casting a "known" older actor for these types of support roles is the marvel way, plus she has a ton of footage when she was young for deaging cgi artists to use for the inevitable flashbacks.
FunkMiller
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Revolutionary
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Neon Xenon
Member
What Jamie Lee Curtis said about the MCU is very tame compared to some of the criticism of the MCU you could find online. All it takes is just a few steps to find people being MUCH harsher towards Marvel's overall film output (Deadpool & Wolverine being a recent exception) than just saying the word "Bad" when asked what phase it's in. Maybe it's unexpectedly honest in terms of what an actor/actress is expected to say about a movie, but, is she wrong?
This seems more likely.Her apology to do with Marvel or wanting to get a Marvel role. It was Disney. She got in trouble with Disney because she's filming Freaky Friday 2 for Disney right now.
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If this film doesn't have the Lohan character complaining for AT LEAST 20 minutes about how everything hurts when in the Curtis body...I'm walking outHer apology had nothing to do with Marvel or wanting to get a Marvel role. It was Disney. She got in trouble with Disney because she's filming Freaky Friday 2 for Disney right now.
I feel like the recent Jumanji films really took this concept to all the extremes but I do like the FF concept. Especially the OG
ManaByte
Gold Member
I don't think she knew Disney owned Marvel and she's filming a Disney movie right now.
ForAcademicPurposes
Member
Apologize for the shitty Halloween sequels instead.
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
I want a marvel payday too. I would take 1% of the backend.Someone really wants a Marvel payday don’t they
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
JLC head always looked like a dude. Great milfy body in True Lies. But major butter face and hair so short I think I had longer hair than her as a kid.
The funny thing is there was a video or article years back where she bragged she was so great looking and such a great actress. No joke.
The funny thing is there was a video or article years back where she bragged she was so great looking and such a great actress. No joke.
Doom85
Member
Why would she apologize for films she didn’t direct or write? Her acting was not an issue with any of them. And besides, 2018 Halloween slapped, Kills was okay, and Ends was the only one that was shitty for the most part.
daffyduck
Member
But if anything, wouldn’t the joke have worked even better, in that case? Someone at Disney is easily offended.Her apology had nothing to do with Marvel or wanting to get a Marvel role. It was Disney. She got in trouble with Disney because she's filming Freaky Friday 2 for Disney right now.
ManaByte
Gold Member
You don't shit on the movie studio you're making a movie with. Shia LaBeouf learned that the hard way and nuked his entire career.
LegendOfKage
Member
True. At the same time, rather than "I will do better" being said by an adult like they were a child who misbehaved, I think she should have just said that she liked the new Deadpool and was looking forward to Avengers. The way she handled things just makes everyone look bad, although I'm guessing she only did what she was asked to do.
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
Isn't calling JLC the "star," of a failed movie sort of like telling someone who's never heard of Jesus that he was a carpenter?
Rawbutt Jellybean
Member
I always lol when these rich celebrities have to bend the knee if they go off script.
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LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
She gave us that True Lies strip tease. All is forgiven.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
When you got a career based on endorsements, companies and directors hiring you for annual jobs, and getting ego boosted by fans, they'll do anything for a buck.
Soodanim
Member
That one on the right looks vaguely like Lindsay Lohan but after years of drugs and getting plastic surgery in an attempt to fix herself.
I just realised that this apology is probably doing more for Borderlands publicity than anything about the film itself ever did or will. I'm here posting on NeoGAF and I wasn't aware that the Borderlands movie existed - if I ever knew then it was pushed out of my mind for something more interesting like the time I counted my feet.
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Ownage
Member
The only times ppl will apologize is if they're forced to by the bosses (studios), strongly recommended to by their agents because the studios privately demanded capitulation, or if they ultimately want to participate in that program (payday).
Kevin is much too high profile to feel impacted by anything most people would say, including JLC.
Kevin is much too high profile to feel impacted by anything most people would say, including JLC.
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