Mitch Albom: on Superhero movies

30 July, 2008

Playing superheroes used to be beneath serious actors like me. You wanted the Hulk, you got Lou Ferrigno. You wanted Batman, you got Adam West. Superheroes were for bodybuilders or ex-athletes. Why do you think they got Schwarzenegger for "Conan the Barbarian"? It wasn't because Olivier was busy.

I'm glad to see someone finally say something negative about the constant stream of crappy movies about super heroes and comic book characters the past few years. I still haven't seen any of them. And when I say I haven't seen any, I mean it: no X-Men, no Batman's since they got "serious", no Hulk, no Spiderman, none. And don't plan to start. Albom says it best:

All I know is Godot will have to wait. No Salesman will be dying. "The Importance of Being Earnest" is less important than the Importance of Being an Earner.

I'm a very serious actor.

Excuse me. Gotta fly.

No, seriously. I gotta fly.