Meryl Streep Calls Out 'Marvel-Ized' Movies for Sticking to 'Boring' Good Guy vs. Bad Guy Stories
Streep said superhero movies have made modern storytelling less nuanced and too reliant on simple heroes and villains.
- On Wednesday, Meryl Streep criticized superhero films during The Devil Wears Prada 2 press tour on the Hits Radio Breakfast Show, calling the genre "boring" due to reliance on clear-cut heroes and villains.
- Streep reprises her role as editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly in the sequel to The Devil Wears Prada, which returns to the world of Runway magazine twenty years after the original 2006 film.
- Unlike Marvel films, Streep explained her new movie shows humans are "flawed." "We got the villains and we got the good guys," she continued, "and it's so boring."
- Hollywood directors Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino have previously called superhero films "not cinema," while Travis Kelce recently responded to Streep's separate stilettos comment on his New Heights podcast.
- The press tour highlighted broader industry shifts; Anne Hathaway shared she recently received job applications with thank-you notes she suspects were written by ChatGPT, signaling AI's growing role in hiring.
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Meryl Streep Says “We Tend To Marvel-ize” Movies By Flattening Characters Into Tropes: “It’s So Boring”
Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly has always resisted easy categorization, as a prickly boss whose foundation is ultimately much more understanding. The Devil Wears Prada 2 star said in a recent interview that she appreciates how nuanced her character can be. During a conversation with Hits Radio Breakfast Show‘s, interviewer Fleur East pointed out that the sequel to the 2006 romantic dramedy further explores a softer side to the Runway editor-i…
Meryl Streep Calls Out 'Marvel-ized' Movies for Sticking to 'Boring' Good Guy vs. Bad Guy Stories
The Devil Wears Prada 2 star Meryl Streep is ready for a break from the "Marvel-ized" formula of villains vs. the good guys.The movie-making legend's comments on the state of cinematic storytelling during a recent conversation with Hits Radio. When speaking about the messy attitude of her iconic Miranda Priestly character, she explained why she feels a person who isn't so cut and dry is often more fun to watch."I feel like you get a realistic vi…
With many films produced today Meryl Streep obviously has little to do. The actress would like to see more "chaos". Especially with a film series she goes to court.
Meryl Streep has criticized the increasing "marvelization" of films. A too clear division into good and evil let the cinema fade away."The Devil wears Prada 2" has only just started in the cinemas. During an interview for the promotion of the fashion film continuation, leading actress Meryl Streep (76) left no good hair at the film competition from Marvel. Her utterances sound almost like directly from the mouth of her sharp-toned character Mira…
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