Jurassic World Director Responds to Joss Whedon Criticism
Back in April, Avengers: Age of Ultron writer/director Joss Whedon took to Twitter to call out a teaser for Jurassic World – slamming an encounter between uptight Bryce Dallas Howard and a laid-back Chris Pratt as “70s era sexist”.
Now Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow has responded to the director’s criticism and, surprisingly, he kind of sees his point: “I wasn’t bothered by what he said about the movie,” said Trevorrow to Bad Taste, “and, to be honest, I don’t totally disagree with him.”
The director then explained his confusion at why the studio would choose to release a scene that could look bad out of context.
“I wonder why they chose a clip like that, that shows an isolated situation within a movie that has an internal logic,” questioned Trevorrow. “That starts with characters that are almost archetypes, stereotypes that are deconstructed as the story progresses.”
“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 her character.”
It’s refreshing to see filmmakers engaging in open dialogue on an important issue when it comes to portraying rounded, realistic female characters in big summer tent pole movies – and more importantly, calling studios out for playing up to those stereotypes.
Jurassic World opens on 11th June in the UK and the following day in the States.