Appearing at the Edinburgh International Film Festival this weekend, Cox told attendees (via
The Hollywood Reporter),
"What’s happened is that television is doing what cinema used to do. I think cinema is in a very bad way."
"I think it’s lost its place because of, partly, the grandiose element between Marvel, DC and all of that," he continued.
"And I think it’s beginning to implode, actually. You’re kind of losing the plot."
He'd go on to cite
Deadpool & Wolverine as an example of a movie that's
"making a lot of money that’ll make everybody happy, but in terms of the work, it becomes diluted afterwards. You’re getting the same old...I mean, I’ve done those kind of [projects]."
Admitting he often forgets that he played Wolverine's creator, Cox said,
"Deadpool meets the guy...Wolverine, who I created, but I’ve forgotten. Actually. When those films are on, there’s always a bit of me [as Stryker] and they never pay me any money."
"So it’s just become a party time for certain actors to do this stuff," the actor added. "When you know that Hugh Jackman can do a bit more, Ryan Reynolds...but it’s because they go down that road and it’s box office. They make a lot of money. You can’t knock it."
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