Jurassic World Director Colin Trevorrow Says He Understands Joss Whedon's Critique
Months after Avengers: Age of Ultron director Joss Whedon tweeted his disapproval of what he [...]
Months after Avengers: Age of Ultron director Joss Whedon tweeted his disapproval of what he considered a "problematic" depiction of a female character in a clip from Colin Trevorrow's forthcoming Jurassic World, the conversation is still ongoing.
Maybe this will snuff it out, though: Trevorrow kind of agrees with Whedon's concerns.
Back when a clip was released depicting Bryce Dallas Howard's character interacting with Chris Pratt's, Whedon objected to the fact that Howard's character seemed to be fairly miserable, while Pratt's freewheeling action hero was more sympathetic.
"I'm too busy wishing this clip wasn't 70's era sexist. She's a stiff, he's a life-force – really? Still?" Whedon tweeted at the time (the tweet -- and later his Twitter account -- were deleted).
Quizzed by Bad Taste (via Coming Soon), Trevorrow said that while he undertands where Whedon is coming from, that scene is not indicative of the film as a whole.
"I wasn't bothered by what he said about the movie and, to be honest, I don't totally disagree with him," said Trevorrow. "I wonder why [Universal] chose a clip like that, that shows an isolated situation within a movie that has an internal logic. 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."
He went on not only to praise Whedon but to question those who critiqued his handling of Black Widow in Age of Ultron.
In Jurassic World, the story of the famed theme park continues 22 years after the events of the first Jurassic Park. With attendance sagging, the park's directors engineer a entirely new breed of dinosaur, The Indominus Rex, in a bid to attract new visitors. They get more when they bargained for however, when the cunning and sadistic dinosaur breaks loose and terrorizes the park.
Directed by Colin Trevorrow, Jurassic World hits theaters on June 12.
