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Everton Carter's avatar

This will sound like I'm arguing with you, trust me mate, I am not. However Aaron Taylor Johnson is exactly (well in 2020s terms) the kind of "not actually a movie star" star that gets to play James Bond. Famous for sure (Roger Moore as The Saint, Brosnan as RS, etc) in some films & shows with buzz &/or box office (Munich, Layer Cake, Tomb Raider) but not actual "global" big ticket sellers. At least, as far as I remember & learned growing up, pre-Bond.

As much as I happrmen yo like ATJ, as you say, a certain type of actor gets way more runs in the 1st team than others.

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Scott Mendelson's avatar

Dammit, that crossed my mind after I wrote it, but I figured it wasn't worth elaborating on since the point was that he was still going to be treated as a bankable name. But... as usual, you are correct.

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Everton Carter's avatar

Thanks. As you say the point is how he is (will continue to be) treated and you are dead on about that.

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David Steel's avatar

I’m baffled as to why Taylor-Johnson is allowed to star in movies. Terrible actor. The blandest of the bland.

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Travis Earl's avatar

I still have a bad feeling they’ll make Sinister Six despite the repeated failures.

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Scott Mendelson's avatar

Honestly, and I might write this on Monday, but if they have the courage to do it as a comedy, openly acknowledging how pathetic these folks are, that might be a way to get away with it.

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Zain Wafa's avatar

I think that team-up idea only has enough story for a credits scene, trailer, or sketch, especially since these characters aren't outright villains, so why would they team up and who would they fight? But I think a better idea could be Hardy, Leto, and Taylor-Johnson teaming up to go against Tom Holland in a Sony-produced, Kelly Marcel-written and directed... Uncharted 2. It'll be a funny tongue-in-cheek joke that won't be confusing for non-Marvel fans, and I think all the actors would be up for it. Marcel, Avi Arad, and Tom Rothman have to know that an Uncharted sequel with these added-value elements would certainly make more theatrical money than Morbius, Madame Web, and Kraven the Hunter combined, right?

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Travis Earl's avatar

It would be a chance to actually include “he was studying spiders with my mom in the Amazon right before she died” onscreen.

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Travis Earl's avatar

Oooh I like that idea.

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