Joss Whedon Not Happy With Lack Of Female Superhero Movies; "There's Always An Excuse"
In an interview which took place before Captain Marvel and Wonder Woman were made official, Avengers: Age of Ultron director Joss Whedon slams studios for the lack of female superhero movies, but admits that Fox have all the best non-male characters! Check it out.
Talking to Digital Spy on the set of Avengers: Age of Ultron last year, Joss Whedon didn't hold back when it came to sharing his thoughts on the lack of female led superhero movies. Thing have changed a little since then of course (thanks to Captain Marvel and Wonder Woman), but there are still only TWO on the way! "It's a phenomenon in the industry that we call 'stupid people'," Whedon told the site. "There is genuine, recalcitrant, intractable sexism, and old-fashioned quiet misogyny that goes on. You hear 'Oh, [female superheroes] don't work because of these two bad ones that were made eight years ago', there's always an excuse." That is obviously a reference to movies like Catwoman and Elektra, and the filmmaker makes a great point here.
Whedon wasn't afraid to take a shot at Marvel Studios either, making it clear that they should move ahead with a movie giving a female superhero the spotlight (which they are now doing to some extent). "Marvel is in a position of making a statement simply by making [a female-led] movie, which I think would be a good thing to do. But it has to be a good movie, it has to be a good character, and most of the best characters in Marvel are owned by Fox, let's face it!" When you think about the likes of Jean Grey, Kitty Pryde, and Storm, Whedon has a point! Of course, after revealing that he won't helm the two-part Avengers: Infinity War, could Whedon take the reigns of Captain Marvel and turn things around for female superheroes? Here's hoping!
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