While there are some actors who still turn up their noses at the idea of appearing in a Marvel movie, the vast majority are eagerly awaiting the call to arms that would see them join the MCU’s elite and it seems thatFifty Shades of GreystarJamie Dornanis one of them. It also appears that his aspirations of becoming a superhero have already begun to take a step in the right direction as he has already spoken to Marvel boss Kevin Feige about fulfilling his ambition.
During a lengthy interview with The New York Times, Dornan discussed his future hopes and compared it to the transformation his friend Robert Pattinson has had between his teen idolTwilightdays andhis upcoming role as Batman.
“I would be lying if I didn’t admit that I feel like him and his people have played it really cleverly. Everything he’s done since Twilight has been really smart and beautifully crafted. And those films aren’t financed on his name had he not been in these movies that made billions of dollars.”
Continuing to discuss how after becoming a heartthrob to female fans thanks to his role as Christian Grey, Dornan said he could see asuperhero rolehelping expand his fan base to a new audience in a way he hasn’t been able to achieve so far.
“What have I done, three war movies? You’d think that might help my cause out a little bit with straight men, but probably not. I think you need to be in that comic-book world to really grab their attention. I’m more ambitious than I’ve ever let on before. It’s like a necessity to deliver and provide, very caveman-esque: I must succeed for these precious little people. Also, since my dad died, it’s lit this extra fire within me, this extra burner of wanting to succeed.”
Dornan recently spoke about hisFifty Shades of Greyrole and how looks back on it and how it was a tough decision whether to take on the part in the often ridiculed erotic phenomenon. He explained, “There has to be an acceptance with acting, taking jobs, that you don’t ultimately have control over some things. But you do know what you are getting into and I did spend a lot of time weighing up whether to take theFifty Shadesrole."
He added, “Sometimes you may be pleasantly surprised; sometimes you can be bitterly disappointed. Take that project [and] you know that loads of people are going to hate it – hate it – before they have even seen it. Why? Because, guess what? The majority of people hated the books. And I’m not saying I don’t recognize why those books were so powerful for millions of people, but you aren’t going to have books that were horrifically critiqued turned into movies that will be critically acclaimed. You are dealing with the same material. That’s the raw material we had.”
In the long term it doesn’t seem to have done too much damage to Jamie Dornan’s future prospects, and if withMarvel’s Cinematic Universe always needing new stars, there is very little to suggest that he will not get his superhero wish sometime in the future. This news comes to us fromThe New York Times.
