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15 Actors Who Spoke Out Against Their Franchises
From Dakota Johnson to Adam Driver and George Clooney, these actors all expressed disinterest or fatigue in their huge movie franchises.
Image Credit: Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox “Assassin’s Creed” was one of the many video game franchises to fail to translate to box office or critical success. Following the acclaim he received for the series “The Fall,” Dornan told BBC Radio 4’s “ Desert Island Discs ” that his family had to hide out in the “Fifty Shades of Grey” star’s house after the backlash that came with the first movie in 2015. But throughout press tours over the years, Pattinson has shared his honest opinions about the franchise, like in 2019 when he described how “even when I was promoting it, I was pretty open about how strange I thought it was.” In an interview with Chris Van Vliet, he explained how he felt that “a lot of the stuff in the ‘Twilight’ world doesn’t make any sense,” questioning why the hundred-year-old vampires were still in high school.
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