Does being in MCU films help one's career ?

Does being in MCU films help one's career ? Jun 21, 2021 19:43:11 GMT

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Post by Cat on Jun 21, 2021 19:43:11 GMT

Jun 21, 2021 18:49:46 GMT Skaathar said:

Jun 20, 2021 20:22:28 GMT Cat said:

Agreed. My the time the MCU rolled around she was already famous.

Guess we have different definitions for the word "famous". Scarjo was a rising star prior to the MCU and she wasn't an unknown name like Hemsworth and Hiddleston, but I wouldn't exactly have called her famous. Famous would have been someone like Angelina Jolie at that time. A-Listers. Scarjo was about as "famous" as Kate Beckinsale or Jessica Biel. A known name, but not exactly a household name and not exactly someone who could easily get big projects. In fact she had to fight hard for the Black Widow role and wouldn't even have gotten it had Emily Blunt not declined the offer.

I suppose it's relative. Emily Blunt wasn't a name for me until Looper. I'd probably seen her, but I didn't know her name until then. Whereas with Scarlet Johansson, I've known her since Ghost World and Lost in Translation. The latter is the big one. It was an Oscar nominated movie, she was alongside Bill Murray, directed by Sofia Coppola.

I wouldn't take Emily Blunt declining Black Widow with too much heart. Jodie Foster blossomed her way into serious Hollywood immortality with Silence of the Lambs, despite already having a career. But Michelle Pfeiffer declined playing Clarice Sterling and the rest is history.