Yes, I was referring to this article and was really surprised because The Hollywood Reporter is a well respected magazine in this industry and I think the journalist is not some random person.
I know the criticism was not his talent as an actor but his status, Alex is relative unknown for those kind of movies. His fans of course love him and are dying to see him but if you look at it from an other perspective and outside of his fans, folks do not know who Alex is. I didn't even know him before TDOATG. Everything he's done as a lead actor has been indies and they had limited releases, except Battleship and he was not the star of that film. The article has a point, although I don't like it but it's business.
I was just worried that the article bad-mouth the film or Alex before it's even come out. When a movie has had as many obstacles as tarzan has, there's something wrong IMO but let's hope for the best!!
Thanks, I didn't know about it!
Part of the reaction to the HR article is WB's fault, since they didn't release any still or anything other info other than that they'd started filming and what the basic plot outline was.
So a year after filming most people, other than fans of the actors and/or the stories, didn't really know it was out there. So the first actual article they see is from a respected trade publication written by respected HW business writer. Accompanied by a deliberate cheesy photoshopped pic of Alex and Margot. And so HR has set the narrative, and it's not a good one. For those who'd been following production the story seemed off, but most people hadn't so it seem perfectly legitimate. And WB never countered it, except to say they weren't worried about Yate's scheduling/time management.
I do think that when the teaser trailer came it did cause many people who were aware of the article to go 'well, it's not that bad after all.'.
Since the reaction to the trailer/stills has been mostly positive, or at least not overwhelmingly 'that's the suckiest trailer I've ever seen!' they can stay with the low-key approach for the near term.
As for the 'major star' question, well they've got to give other people chances, people who aren't name Chris (Hemsworth/Pine/Pratt/Evans). Star power can be great when an established actor's name can help with funding/casting and promotion. Of course, star power doesn't always work in the box office, otherwise movies from last year like Our Brand Is Crisis (Sandra Bullock) or Burnt (Bradley Cooper) or Mortdecai (Depp) would have been more successful. So with Tarzan, pick a couple of good actors with some star power (but not A-listers) as your leads and provide them with more well-known and established actors like Jackson and Waltz. And Yates, who's done rather well wit the last four of the Harry Potter movies.
Thank you very much, Santress!
Why is he in Turkey? Do you know?
He's still promoting DOATG:
http://www.ifistanbul.com/en/film/the-diary-of-a-teenage-girl/12/
Swedish actor Skarsgård comes to Istanbul as guest of !f Gala Film event
An instant phenomenon as vampire Eric Northman in “True Blood,” Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgård will be in Turkey for the first time as a guest of !f Istanbul.
The star of the !f Gala film “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” will also attend a festival talk on Feb. 21 to speak about his acting career.
Visiting Turkey for the first time, Skarsgård stars in the film as Monroe, a man who has a relationship with his girlfriend’s daughter. The film, adapted by actress Marielle Heller from Phoebe Gloeckner’s eponymous graphic novel, is a bold coming-of-age story.
Lauded for Bel Powley’s performance as Minnie, and starring Kristen Wiig alongside Skarsgård, “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” won best cinematography at Sundance and best film in Berlin Film Festival’s Generation section, with Powley winning best actress at the 2015 Gotham Independent Film Awards. The actor will soon to appear on the silver screen as the new Tarzan in “The Legend of Tarzan.”
The talk, titled “A Small Conversation on Acting,” will take place at Cinemaximum Kanyon at 2 p.m.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/sw...vent-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=95441&NewsCatID=381
