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Blade star Stephen Dorff says Marvel's Black Widow 'looks like garbage'

"I'm embarrassed for Scarlett!" the actor told The Independent.

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Stephen Dorff spoke out about Marvel's latest superhero flick.

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Stephen Dorff isn't holding back his views of Marvel's latest superhero flick Black Widow. The actor, who played villain Deacon Frost in 1998's Blade, unleashed on the Scarlett Johansson-starring film.

"I still hunt out the good shit because I don't want to be in Black Widow," he told The Independent in an interview published on Monday. "It looks like garbage to me. It looks like a bad video game. I'm embarrassed for those people."

"I'm embarrassed for Scarlett!" he continued. "I'm sure she got paid five, seven million bucks, but I'm embarrassed for her. I don't want to be in those movies. I really don't. I'll find that kid director that's gonna be the next Kubrick and I'll act for him instead."

The 47-year-old is best known for starring in S.F.W. (1994), Cecil B Demented (2000), Sofia Coppola's Somewhere (2010) and season 3 of HBO's True Detective (2019). His most recent project is Embattled, a sport drama about an MMA fighter.

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Black Widow, focused on the origins of super spy Natasha Romanoff, arrives in theaters and on Disney Plus in the US on July 9.

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