Amanda Seyfried Rejected Gamora Offer Over Marvel Flop Fears
Amanda Seyfried Rejected Gamora Offer Over Marvel Flop Fears
Amanda Seyfried got offered Gamora but was certain "Guardians of the Galaxy" would be Marvel's first box office flop.
Good. Now we need Zoe to play a red skinned Sith lord to complete the RGB set.
That would have been an interesting take on the character to see.
As an actor, why do you care if the film flops? You have a job to do, you do it, and you get paid. If you do it well, it rarely hurts your career if the movie flops.
Now if she was being paid by getting a percentage of the film’s box office, that would be a different story.
That is a VERY naive take. A movie can make or break an actor/actress's career.
Exactly. What has Hayden Christensen done since the prequels? Mike Meyers pretty much ended with The Love Guru. Megan Fox did Transformers and was on the rise, then did some flops like Jennifer's body.
It doesn't matter if the actor is good or not. You're associated with a failure now, so Hollywood is going to consider that when hiring you to do something else
It takes time. You generally can't work on multiple major projects at once so when you have to schedule your time to advance in your career, you don't go for any offer just the one that offers the best benefit. Marvel didn't seem like a good enough benefit at the time.
I wouldn't go so far as to say that flops don't affect actors careers. In fact I think they affect them a lot. Momentum has a lot to do with the type of roles you get and how many offers you get. It's also self perpetuating a little bit. The more popular you are the more hot you are so to speak influences how much money your movies make. That's why Will Smith was a money printing machine in the early 2000s.
I can see success being an influence in marketability. But most actors move from flop to flop without hurting their career. (As long as they aren’t the reason that the film flopped because they gave a lousy performance.)
Because Marvel is a franchise machine. You don't want to be cast as an Eternal if the movie sucks and the Eternals are never heard from again. Who knew who the Guardians of the Galaxy were? It makes sense if you're holding out for a bigger role
There are plenty of actors who have played multiple franchise roles. If one role flops, you just move into the next.
Honestly it’s one of my pet peeves. Sure, Pedro Pascal is a fun actor, but does he have to show up in every franchise? Same with Benedict Cumberbatch. When the same actor plays multiple “super heroes” it can take you out of the story.