Following Morbius' scathing reviews, one of its stars is setting the record straight by declaring that the film is "not as bad" as people are saying.
Al Madrigal, who plays FBI agent Alberto 'Al' Rodriguez in Sony's Spider-Man spin-off, has defended the movie.
"First of all, Morbius: not as bad as everybody is making it out to be," the actor told ComicBookMovie.
"Sure, it had problems and they diced it up quite a bit. I had some hilarious lines that were cut out of that movie. I was very funny [laughs]."
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Madrigal wasn't the only one thinking his character provided Morbius with some comic relief, as he recalled editors loving his contribution.
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"In London, when you shoot they do a halfway party exactly midway through the film and there's a big blowout. Editors came up to me. A gaggle of them came up and said, 'Oh my God, we see everything you're doing. All the subtle stuff. All of the jokes,'" he said.
The actor then blamed his role being downsized on the film's several delays, which allowed for multiple revisions before getting to a final cut.
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"If they'd left in just 50% more of my stuff [laughs]. I got butchered in that thing," Madrigal said.
"I think that's what they did. They just really…because of COVID, they just had so much time to mess with it. They really messed with it."
Led by Jared Leto as the titular scientist/antihero, the film also stars Doctor Who's Matt Smith as Morbius' surrogate brother Milo. The duo suffer from the same rare blood disease, with Milo fully embracing his vampire-like powers.
Morbius is out now in UK and US cinemas.
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