Matthew Vaughn On “Vitriolic” Criticism Of ‘Argylle’: “What Have I Done To Offend These People?”
deadline.comMatthew Vaughn is responding to the heavy criticism his film Argylle received. The film starring Henry Cavill and Bryce Dallas Howard was not well-received by film critics and the box office, and the director is weighing in on what happened. “My guard came down on Argylle.
We had done test screenings that had gone fantastically well. The premiere was a really fun night, and it was like going back to the Snatch days where there was such excitement.
And I started drinking the Kool-Aid,” he said in an interview with Empire magazine. He continued, “It’s a fun, feel-good movie, or I thought it was a fun, feel-good movie.
We didn’t make Citizen Kane, but f***ing hell, then the reviews came out and I’m like, ‘Wait, what have I done to offend these people?’ They were vitriolic.
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