Emma Roberts reveals who’s to blame for ‘Madame Web’ being a ‘failure’
nypost.comVariety in an interview published Friday and opened up about the reason why the Marvel film performed so poorly with both fans and critics. “Things work; things don’t work,” she said. “Everyone likes to act like they can predict if they’re going to work or they’re not.
And the truth is, you can’t. Things do badly, and then they blow up later on TikTok. Things do well, but then you watch them, and you’re like, ‘This did well?’ “Roberts continued: “There is no secret.
It’s about doing something goodish and it hitting at the right time. Everything else is like a wish and a prayer. I’m not intimidated by failure, and I’m not intimidated by people having negative thoughts about something.”The Hollywood star said that she “personally really loved” and “enjoyed” the superhero film, in which she plays Spider-Man’s mom, Mary Parker.“I thought everyone in it was great,” said Roberts, who starred opposite Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O’Connor, Mike Epps, and Adam Scott.“The director, S.J.
Clarkson, I think did an amazing job,” she added. “She’s the reason I wanted to do that movie. If it wasn’t for internet culture and everything being made into a joke, I think that the reception would’ve been different.”Roberts concluded, “And that’s what bums me out about a lot of stuff, even stuff that I’ve done, is people just make such a joke out of everything now.”Despite “Madame Web” being a flop, Roberts told ComicBook.com last month that she enjoyed her experience working on the film.“I loved getting to just pop in and play Peter Parker’s mom, and I loved the director of that movie.
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