{"id":507612,"date":"2026-04-01T19:32:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T19:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/507612\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T19:32:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T19:32:26","slug":"supergirl-star-milly-alcock-says-she-understands-why-scorsese-and-ridley-scott-dislike-superhero-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/507612\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Supergirl\u2019 star Milly Alcock says she understands why Scorsese and Ridley Scott dislike superhero films"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Supergirl star Milly Alcock has commented on directors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/martin-scorsese\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Scorsese<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/ridley-scott\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ridley Scott\u2019s<\/a> criticism of superhero movies, saying she understands their point of view.<\/p>\n<p>The Oscar winning directors each made headlines in recent years by criticising the success of superhero movies, which have been the dominant genre in Hollywood for over a decade.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Scorsese described them as a \u201cdanger to our culture\u201d, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/ridley-scott-says-superhero-movies-are-boring-as-shit-3095658\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scott has previously dismissed them as \u201cboring as shit\u201d, saying: \u201cTheir scripts are not any fucking good.\u201d<\/a> The comments have sparked a debate on the value of the genre in cinema, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/christopher-nolan-responds-to-martin-scorseses-criticism-of-superhero-movies-3547821\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christopher Nolan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/james-gunn-martin-scorsese-marvel-films-awfully-cynical-3011213\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Gunn<\/a> sharing their views.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Alcock is due to star in the DC comics adaptation Supergirl, the second in the newly revamped DC Universe after last summer\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/films\/superman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Superman<\/a>. During a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/milly-alcock-vanities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Vanity Fair<\/a>, she was asked about the remarks made by both directors, and responded with understanding. \u201cI get it. They\u2019ve been around for-fucking-ever making phenomenal films,\u201d she said. \u201cNot every film is for everyone. The beauty of art is that you can be selective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Supergirl is released in cinemas on June 26, and co-stars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/jason-momoa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Momoa<\/a> as the mercenary Lobo. The first full trailer for the movie has been released, which you can watch above.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian star shot to fame as Rhaenyra Targaryen in the first two seasons of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/series\/game-of-thrones\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Game Of Thrones<\/a> prequel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/series\/house-of-the-dragon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">House Of The Dragon<\/a>. Last year, she revealed that when she first started on the drama, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/tv\/milly-alcock-told-she-needed-an-acting-coach-while-filming-house-of-the-dragon-3863962\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an unnamed crew member said they wanted to hire an acting coach for her<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She jokingly recalled to talk show host Jimmy Fallon: \u201cIt just confirmed everything that I kind of know to be true, which is that I\u2019m not very good at my job. I was like \u2018I can\u2019t do this, this is terrible, this is a big mistake\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Supergirl star Milly Alcock has commented on directors Martin Scorsese and Ridley Scott\u2019s criticism of superhero movies, saying&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-507612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}