Josh Brolin is always his most honest critic. Recently in a new interview, he admits that his 2010 film “Jonah Hex” ‘Was a S—ty F—ing Movie’. The actor also spoke out about the director of the movie.
Brolin played the eponymous bounty hunter in this superhero film. The film earned $5.37 million during its opening and the total box office collection was $10.54 million.
Brolin expressed his critical experience in this conversation. He learned that he had been “in and out of the hospital with an agonizing form of bone cancer that required multiple facial reconstructive surgeries”. He also mentioned that it was a situation that taught him to look at life a little differently.
He also said, “It reminded me [that] you can’t just keep s——- on somebody. I don’t know what the f—‘s going on in his life. I mean, total facial reconstruction, the whole thing.” Then he continued, “I remember Jeff Robinov, who I’m still close with, who was running Warner Brothers at the time and he was like, look, you’ve got to get a director in the next two weeks, otherwise, we’ve got to can this thing. And then you meet somebody who has a lot of knowledge, Jimmy Hayward, and I remember it didn’t feel right.”
The movie star said, “And then the studio took it over, and every time that’s happened, in my experience, it has only gotten worse,” he added. “It was not successful creatively or monetarily,” Brolin said that he felt another issue with directing the film. Because there was a rush to hire a director. He mentioned that he “loved” that Hayward was excited to direct the film. But Brolin mentioned that Hayward “didn’t have the experience” The actor said, “he didn’t treat it like I would imagine somebody would want to treat it.” That’s why hiring Hayward was ultimately Brolin’s choice.