Zack Sharf Ron Perlman is hitting back against critics of Adam McKay’s Netflix satire “Don’t Look Up,” in which the “Hellboy” favorite stars opposite an ensemble cast that includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill, Timothee Chalamet, Joe Morgan and Mark Rylance.
Perlman stars in the movie as Colonel Benedict Drask, a war veteran tasked with flying to space to destroy a comet that’s heading toward the planet. “Don’t Look Up” has become one of Netflix’s biggest original films to date since debuting December 24 on the streaming platforms.“Fuck you and your self-importance and this self-perpetuating need to say everything bad about something just so that you can get some attention for something that you had no idea about creating,” Perlman told The Independent. “It’s corrupt.
And it’s sick. And it’s twisted.” Perlman added that he “understands” the critical backlash to “Don’t Look U’ is “part of how the internet has almost killed journalism.
And now journalism is trying to do everything they can to co-opt and maintain their importance.”Despite its popularity, “Don’t Look Up” divided film critics upon release.
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