The 'Jurassic World' director and the leading lady understand Joss Whedon's frustration at the 'sexist' clip but they insist that it doesn't represent the whole movie.
- Jun 6, 2015
AceShowbiz - "Jurassic World" director and actress have broken their silence on the negative comments made by Joss Whedon. The "Avengers: Age of Ultron" helmer previously slammed a "sexist" clip which saw Chris Pratt's Owen mocking Bryce Dallas Howard's Beth for being too uptight and she, in return, calling him too relaxed for her taste.
"I wasn't bothered by what he said about the movie and, to be honest, I don't totally disagree with him," Colin Trevorrow tells Bad Taste. "I wonder why [Universal] chose a clip like that, that shows an isolated situation within a movie that has an internal logic. That starts with characters that are almost archetypes, stereotypes that are deconstructed as the story progresses."
The director continues, "The real protagonist of the movie is Claire and we embrace her femininity in the story's progression. There's no need for a female character that does things like a male character, that's not what makes interesting female characters in my view. Bryce and I have talked a lot about these concepts and aspects of his character."
Instead of getting worked up over the criticism, Trevorrow comes to Whedon's defense since the latter faces similar backlash over Black Widow portrayal in "Age of Ultron". Trevorrow says, "I was upset about people's reaction to his film. Joss received an incredible amount of anger and vitriolic comments and he doesn't deserve that, because if there is someone who has always paid due respect to the women of his movies that guy is Joss."
"I think he should be the last person in Hollywood to be accused of sexism and if you've seen something like that in his last movie it's not his fault. We all know that Joss is too kind and polite to rise up and tell people to screw off, so I�ll do it on his behalf!"
Meanwhile, Howard told The Huffington Post earlier, "Marketing for a film is tricky because you release stuff without context. Of course there was a part of me being such a fan of him that was like, 'Nooooo!' Especially because when you see the movie it's not at all like that, but we make movies and it's out there for public opinion and I hope he likes the movie!"
Whedon himself has since apologized for his criticism. "I shouldn't have tweeted it," he told Variety. "I don't ever say things about other people's work that are negative. That's bad form. It's not what a gentleman would do. I forgot that I don't do that because I was frustrated. I felt like I was seeing something that was problematic. What I said is pretty clear, but I think it was the wrong venue for me to be saying that. That's dinner party conversation."
