Mel Gibson Was Approached About A Marvel Role

Actor Mel Gibson made an appearance at Cannes this year to promote his upcoming film Blood Father, but while he was there he also commented a bit on the superhero genre of films.

In a sit down with The Guardian, Gibson was asked about his general opinion on the movies as a whole, and he had this to say.

“Some are good. Some are kind of funny … Guardians of the Galaxy. Or the first Iron Man. And some of them are just like retreats. I mean you can watch them do Spider-Man five times … There is a slight shift in film. But, then again, I think all films are suffering from people not being able to now open them with their name. It’s a different kind of business these days.”

When asked if he missed the business as it was before the ensemble cast became more important than a solo star, Gibson replied: “Yeah, in a way. I think you used to get more variety of stories, films and performances. You had more of a chance of a profound film experience. But that’s not gone. I think that has been relegated to the independent world – but they have to do it twice as fast for half the money.”

In fact, the actor had an opportunity to be in one of Marvel Studio’s earlier films. After being asked if he was ever approached, he said: “Yeah, long time ago, to play Thor’s dad. But I didn’t do it.”

The part of Odin, the reigning king of Asgard, as well as Thor and Loki’s father, ultimately went to Anthony Hopkins, but I could see Gibson being quite compelling in the role.

Blood Father releases on August 26th.