Michael Shannon Rejected ‘Star Wars’ Because Blockbusters Aren’t ‘Stimulating to Work On’: ‘The World Doesn’t Need More Mindless Entertainment’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Michael Shannon revealed in a recent interview with Empire magazine (via Insider) that he turned down a role in the “Star Wars” franchise due to his overall wariness over big Hollywood franchise movies.
Shannon did not reveal the role, but he said his reason for rejecting came down to him being “a bit wary about those giant movies” because they “take a lot of time and I don’t find them very stimulating to work on.” “I don’t ever want to get stuck in a franchise,” Shannon said. “I don’t find them interesting and I don’t want to perpetuate them.
If I’m making something, I want there to be some kind of purpose to it — I don’t want to make mindless entertainment. The world doesn’t need more mindless entertainment.
We’re inundated with it.” Of course, Shannon did find himself in a franchise when he accepted the role of General Zod in Zack Snyder’s “Man of Steel,” the first installment in the director’s DC Universe.
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