Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania had its fair share of issues, but Jonathan Majors wasn't among them. The actor delivered a stellar performance as Kang the Conqueror, but that wasn't enough to save Marvel Studios' latest movie from the wrath of many critics.
With a 48% Rotten Tomatoes score, it's no longer tied with Eternals (47%) as the worst-reviewed MCU movie. However, that's still not a good result and one that's been reflected in a steeper-than-expected drop at the box office from weekend to weekend.
During a recent interview with Screen Talk (via Variety), Majors chose to weigh in on the negative reviews.
"It doesn’t change how I see myself, period. It’s all data," the Creed III star says. "I’m a performance within a story. One thing I will say to my team as we’re leaving a premiere if they’re reading reviews, I’ll say, ‘How’s the movie doing?’ I try to clean my plate and take care of my part. The response is: ‘You’re straight. You’re good. They like you.’"
"And they tell me about the movie. Sometimes the movie is also on that level, and sometimes [it’s not]."
That may or may not be Majors acknowledging that the latest Ant-Man adventure was subpar, and while he didn't take aim at critics, the actor explained why their opinions are water off a duck's back.
"It’s just people. They have an opinion. You always have an opinion. I’m no fool...I look at the aggregate and, ok, 47. But what does that 47 mean when you also got this amount of box office? What do these things mean? It’s information. I am in the know. I won’t play myself. If you are a critic on a level, I probably know you and understand your politics."
Majors may not be sweating the reviews, but it's bound to be hard for him to shake them off, especially when Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania serves as his villain's true MCU introduction. Simply put, it let him down, but critics have had nothing but good things to say about the actor's work (including us).
Majors will return as more Kang Variants in Loki season 2 later this year.