Morbius is out in theaters right now and it’s doing…fine. It made less than projections said it would, but it’s still solid enough an opening in content. But, both fans and critics agree that it’s not that good. The only plus might just be Jared Leto’s take on the “living vampire”.
Which he took to EXTREME levels on set, apparently “embracing” the “physical limitations” of his character on set even when the cameras weren’t rolling. A wheelchair was brought in to “help speed things up” and director Daniel Espinoza confirmed this in an interview:
“Because I think that what Jared thinks, what Jared believes, is that somehow the pain of those movements, even when he was playing normal Michael Morbius, he needed, because he’s been having this pain his whole life. Even though, as he’s alive and strong, it has to be a difference. Hey, man, it’s people’s processes.”
“All of the actors believe in processes. And you, as director, you support whatever makes it as good as you can be,” Espinoza confessed. “But it’s more that I think the directors that don’t like actors get really frustrated about that. I think it’s really mysterious, what they do. Almost all actors, in general, have their own reputation of being an interesting person how he works with their characters. I think that all of them have these traits. If you want a completely normal person that does only things that you understand, then you’re in the wrong business. Because what’s different is what makes them tick. It’s very hard to be able to say, ‘I can take this part away and I will still get the same stuff from him.’ I don’t do that. I’m more to see like, ‘Hey, if you’re doing this, we have to do this.'”
A bit too much? You decide.
Source: Uproxx