Matthew Vaughn was not anticipating the demise Argylle, the director stated this week.
“My guard got here down on Argylle,” Vaughn instructed Empire. “We had finished check screenings that had gone fantastically nicely. The premiere was a very enjoyable night time, and it was like going again to the Snatch days the place there was such pleasure. And I began ingesting the Kool-Support.”
The Hollywood Reporter slammed the spy comedy movie for “its mirthless, shouty performances, its tortured random plot twists and its appallingly shonky-looking CGI” and the film now holds 33 % on Rotten Tomatoes.
“It’s a enjoyable, feel-good film, or I assumed it was a enjoyable, feel-good film,” Vaughn continued. “We didn’t make Citizen Kane, however fucking hell, then the critiques got here out and I’m like, ‘Wait, what have I finished to offend these individuals?’ They had been vitriolic. I’m not saying the film’s good by any means, however I didn’t suppose it was offensive. That took me abruptly.”
Vaughn stated he had a tough time believing the crucial reception, even going to film theaters to look at the film once more. I assumed, ‘Perhaps I’ve misplaced the plot now.’ It did rattle me,” he stated. “I’m genuinely scratching my head about that, as a result of you possibly can’t ignore it. It wasn’t like [just] just a few dangerous critiques.”
However, the director is leaving the state of affairs prior to now. “It’s what it’s,” he stated. “You study from these items.”
Plus, one by no means is aware of how attitudes may nonetheless change. “We’re doing very nicely on streaming,” Vaughn stated. “Persons are liking it. Nothing would make me happier than making one other one. I’m getting texts saying, ‘Wow, these critiques had been fucking harsh!’ The extra we will get individuals to look at Argylle, the extra probability we make one other one. I’d like to make one other one, we’ve bought it deliberate.”