"Jurassic World" director Colin Trevorrow has finally addressed the comments earlier made by fellow filmmaker Joss Whedon via Twitter, where he slammed a clip from Trevorrow's upcoming dinosaur movie as "70s era sexist."
Speaking to Coming Soon, Trevorrow said that he was completely find with what Whedon said, and he even understands where the "Avengers: Age of Ultron" director is coming from.
"I wasn't bothered by what he said about the movie and, to be honest, I don't totally disagree with him," he said. "I wonder why Universal chose a clip like that, that shows an isolated situation within a movie that has an internal logic. That starts with characters that are almost archetypes, stereotypes that are deconstructed as the story progresses." Trevorrow added that the true protagonist of the movie is Claire Dearing (played by Bryce Dallas Howard), and they tried their best to embrace her femininity in the story's progression.
"There's no need for a female character that does things like a male character, that's not what makes interesting female characters in my view. Bryce and I have talked a lot about these concepts and aspects of her character," he further said. Whedon also received flak for his sexist depiction of the Black Widow (played by Scarlet Johanssen), and Trevorrow thinks it's unfair that Whedon received "an incredible amount of anger and vitriolic comments" because of it.
"If there is someone who has always paid due respect to the women of his movies, that guy is Joss. I think he should be the last person in Hollywood to be accused of sexism and if you've seen something like that in his last movie, it's not his fault," said Trevorrow.
Howard also weighed in on the comments made by Whedon against "Jurassic World." She describing the director as a hero, an amazing guy, and a champion for women in the movie-making industry, and she does hope that Whedon would still watch "Jurassic World" despite what he saw in the clip. Who knows, Howard hopes he might even end up liking it.
"Marketing for a film is tricky because you release stuff without context. Of course there was a part of me being such a fan of him that was like, 'Noooo!' Especially because when you see the movie, it's not at all like that, but we make movies and it's out there for public opinion and I hope he likes the movie!" she said.