The future of the latestCharlie’s Angelsreboot doesn’t look bright.
Kirsten Stewart, one of the stars of the film, has made it clear that she still stands behind the movie, even though ithasn’t been a hit at the box office, only raking in $55.8 million worldwide since opening in November.
“Well, to be honest with you, I think if I had made a movie that wasn’t good and one that I wasn’t proud of and a lot of people saw it, I would be devastated,” Stewart, 29, toldThe Playlistin a recent interview. “Luckily, I’m not feeling gutted because I really am proud of the movie.”
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Stewart went on to address how today’s “polarizing” climate made it “kind of hard to promote“ the film.
“I’m bummed that we probably won’t make another one, but at the same time I’m really proud of the movie and I’m so happy that it exists and can live in the world,” she continued. “Because I think for a lot of people it’s still kind of important even in a very non-serious way.”
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Elizabeth Banks, who plays Bosley in the film, and also serves as writer, director and producer, has expressed similar sentiments.
“Well, if you’re going to have a flop, make sure your name is on it at least 4x. I’m proud of #CharliesAngels and happy it’s in the world,” shewrote.
The multihyphenate also responded to criticism for rebooting a third iteration of the franchise, telling theWall Street Journal, “You’ve had 37Spider-Manmovies and you’re not complaining!”
“Look, people have to buy tickets to this movie, too. This movie has to make money,” she told theHerald Sun. “If this movie doesn’t make money it reinforces a stereotype in Hollywood that men don’t go see women do action movies.”
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“They’ll go and see a comic book movie with Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel because that’s a male genre,” Banks said. “So even though those are movies about women, they put them in the context of feeding the larger comic book world, so it’s all about, yes, you’re watching a Wonder Woman movie but we’re setting up three other characters or we’re setting up Justice League.”
“By the way, I’m happy for those characters to have box office success,” Banks added, “but we need more women’s voices supported with money because that’s the power. The power is in the money.”
source: people.com
