Last week, we saw the release of Zach Creggor‘s twisty original horror flick “Weapons,” starring Josh Brolin, which opened at number one at the domestic box office. The film’s star has been making the press rounds and doesn’t have the kindest words for streaming feature films.
Collider recently spoke with Brolin, where the actor said the originality of a movie like Cregger’s “Weapons” could be considered a counter to repetitive and “boring” film projects made for streaming services. Alluding that the streaming platform might not be the best place for creatives to experiment with unique and challenging ideas that will have an impact on audiences.
“You’re looking for great filmmakers, and you’re hoping that there’s another new good filmmaker out there. Right now, with so much content, you’re just watching things on whatever streaming service you’re on, and you’re just going, ‘Fuck, why is this so boring, man? Why?’ And just go to the next thing. It’s all the same shit. And then somebody not only takes the horror genre, but then fucks with it and then does something on the edge of absurdity, and it’s sort of humorous, so it’s keeping you off-[balance] enough for him to have an emotional impact, ultimately.”
Brolin isn’t a stranger to the world of streaming, having worked with Amazon‘s Prime Video on the sci-fi western series “Outer Range.”
You may remember that actor Matt Damon infamously passed on the Jake Sully role in James Cameron‘s “Avatar” movies alongside participation in the film’s profits, but he’s not the only high-profile actor to decide to give Cameron the cold shoulder. Brolin admits during a chat with Josh Horowitz on his podcast “Happy Sad Confused” that he was offered the Col. Miles Quaritch role but passed, as Cameron ultimately landed on Stephen Lang instead.
While it was hard to say no to Cameron, Brolin revealed he wasn’t in contention for the sequel; it was for the Lang part in the first one and wasn’t Sam Worthington‘s part of Jake Sully. “No, it was Stephen Lang [referring to Quaritch’s role], who I knew and was very happy for him. He’s amazing in it, so it happened exactly like it should have.”
Quaritch died in the first installment, but has been resurrected through RDA’s Project Phoenix (a convenient sci-fi plot device), an attempt to bring back seasoned RDA soldiers stationed on Pandora by having their memories inserted into Na’vi avatar bodies. This sci-fi angle allows Quaritch to return as the antagonist for the sequels, such as “The Way of Water” and the next adventure, “Fire & Ash.”
The next big movie for Brolin is Edgar Wright‘s remake of “The Running Man,” which is heading to theaters on November 7 with expectations to appear in Denis Villeneuve‘s “Dune: Part Three” and a gestating “Sicario 3.”
Feel free to watch that exchange between Brolin and Horowitz below.
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