Morbius Actor Defends Spider-Man Universe Movie, Blames COVID for Editing Problems

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Morbius’ Al Madrigal defended the critically-panned third installment of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU), claiming that the COVID-19 pandemic is responsible for a lot of the film’s editing issues.

In an interview with ComicBookMovie.com, the actor, who plays Alberto “Al” Rodriguez, staunchly denied that Morbius is “as bad as everybody is making it out to be.” “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,” Madrigal said. “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.’ I got to improvise through that freely.”

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He went on to reveal that recent world events may be to blame for the many cuts made to the film, possibly resulting in its less-than-stellar reception. “If they’d left in just 50% more of my stuff. I got butchered in that thing. I think that’s what they did,” Madrigal said. “Because of COVID, they just had so much time to mess with it. They really messed with it.”

When asked what it was like to realize that Morbius ended up not being the film he initially signed up for, Madrigal stated, “The end product of what you’re seeing…I can’t control that.” He added, “I own a company. Primos, I can control, because it’s my comic book. My movies that we make I can control those to a certain extent, but there are so many people involved in these projects…It really is like life. Nothing goes the way you planned it, and you have to be cool with whatever the outcome is. When you have such a variety of people and opinions involved and decision-makers, it’s going to go on this path with twists and turns, and you just have to let go and be cool with where it ends up. If it’s great, it’s great, if it’s not, it’s not. Whatever, man.”

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Joining Venom and Venom: Let There Be Carnage in the SSU, Morbius follows Dr. Michael Morbius as he transforms into a living vampire, alongside his surrogate brother Milo, after trying to cure himself of a rare blood disease.The film was panned by critics due to its poor writing, uninspired visual effects and shallow characters, though Smith’s performance was generally praised.

Morbius is currently showing in theaters. It will be available digitally on May 19.

Source: ComicBookMovie.com

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