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Ron Perlmanisn’t here for theDon’t Look Upcriticisms.
TheHellboyactor plays Benedict Drask in the Netflix movie alongside an ensemble cast that includesLeonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep,Jonah Hill,Ariana Grande, Rob Morgan, Tyler Perry, Cate Blanchett and more.
Speaking withThe Independent, Perlman, 71, slammed film critics who didn’t praiseDon’t Look Up, which currently holds a 55 percent aggregate score onRotten Tomatoes, which is an average of 268 positive or negative reviews.
“F— you and your self-importance and this self-perpetuating need to say everything bad about something just so that you can get some attention for something that you had no idea about creating,” he told the outlet. “It’s corrupt. And it’s sick. And it’s twisted.”
Perlman, who also appears in the recent filmNightmare Alley, added that he thinks it is “part of how the internet has almost killed journalism. And now journalism is trying to do everything they can to co-opt and maintain their importance.”
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Director Adam McKay toldIndieWireearlier this month that he encourages debate around the movie and likes that audiences are divided.
“It’s important to have debate and passionate critics. We’re living at a time like no other and stories are part of it. People should be hating them, loving them, going back and forth,” he said. “We welcome the negative reviews. I actually think it’s really good, that people should be fighting and passionate about it.”
In September,DiCaprio told PEOPLE that McKay"has an unparalleled ability to spark conversation with humor and timely stories."
“I knew when I read his script that it was incredibly unique, as it struck an important chord concerning the modern world we live in,” he added at the time. “Adam has woven an incredibly timely message about society, how we communicate, our current priorities, and the climate crisis into an absurdly funny yet important movie.”
source: people.com
