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Benedict Cumberbatch weighs in on Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow lawsuit: The whole thing's a bit of a mess
Benedict Cumberbatch in his recent interaction responded to Scarlett Johansson's Disney lawsuit. Check out what he said.
Scarlett Johansson's Disney lawsuit over Black Widow's streaming release made everyone in the industry to sit up and take notice. The actress sued Disney over a contract breach after the studio decided to send her film for a streaming release. Among her MCU co-stars, Benedict Cumberbatch recently reacted to case and called it a "bit of a mess."
Cumberbatch who essays Doctor Strange in the Marvel films, opened up about Johansson's lawsuit that has already seen a lot of back and forth happen between the actress' team and Disney lawyers. Calling the situation a bit "messy", the actor told The Hollywood Reporter, "Just the verbiage and the accusations of, ‘Put it in a global pandemic context.’ The whole thing’s just a bit of a mess. We’re trying to understand what the revenue streams should be for artists that contribute to the billion-dollar business that is Disney. And it has to be contractualized."
Benedict further added on about how an artist's compensation and box office bonuses add up being a "complex process" and that in the current times it has been a "new paradigm."
Black Widow became Marvel's first release after facing multiple delays due to the pandemic and hence it eventually managed to get a hybrid release instead of a theatrical-exclusive run. Reacting to how the delay affected Disney's decision, Cumberbatch added that "no one saw this coming" and mentioned that it's all a "new territory" now given that Black Widow was the first one to have faced such a situation.
Previously, Johansson's other MCU co-star, Elizabeth Olsen also reacted to the news of the lawsuit and cheered for Scarlett for standing up.
