In a recent interview with The Guardian, British actor Christopher Eccleston stated that he loathed working on G. I. Joe: Rise Of Cobra.
Mr. Eccleston who played the role of Cobra arms dealer Destro, had few choice words up his sleeves to describe his dissatisfaction.
“Working on something like GI Joe was horrendous”, he says, emphasizing that the responsibility was his and not anyone else’s. “I just wanted to cut my throat every day. And Thor? Just a gun in your mouth. Gone in 60 Seconds was a good experience. Nic Cage is a gentleman and fantastic actor. But GI Joe and Thor were … I really paid for being a whore those times.”
The first movie of the franchise didn’t exactly took off with the general audience or fans. Drastic changes were made to the second movie to rectify matters. Nevertheless, the poor performance of the series led to a long hiatus which will be broken next year with the principal photography of a new G. I. Joe movie, slated to release on March 27th, 2020.
You can read the lengthy interview via The Guardian.
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I’m more surprised to hear he enjoyed being on any set, honestly.
Eccleston has been bitching about GI Joe for years.
He sucked as Destro, BTW, but you could say that about pretty much anything in ROC.
Yeah, I hear he's a big-time dick and pretty difficult to deal with.
He sucked as Destro, BTW, but you could say that about pretty much anything in ROC.
Eccleston is a bit of a “luvvy” as we call them in the UK. He clearly has his views on what acting jobs he wants to be known for or what he thinks is meaningful. He’s done some good drama in the UK and perhaps he is a bit uncomfortable about his more mainstream work. Trouble is, like most actors he needs to pay the bills and he does work he is less than proud of. He should probably just take the money and keep quiet.
He comes across as quite dismissive of those roles that aren’t seen as serious drama and usually blames the film makers for not letting him play it as he wanted to. He suggests that his vision was far superior. See also Doctor Who and Thor 2.
Dude sounds like a pain in the arse.
I prefer Michael Caine's attitude, a guy who'll appear in almost anything, when asked about a bad movie he was in (Jaws 4) "I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific."
Yeah, ever since I learned about his complaints after working on Doctor Who, and his refusal to take part in any way with the franchise now, I really don't give a flying **** about his opinion.
The first Destro at the beginning was better, but I read he had visa issues or something that prevented him from being the main Destro.
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