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 Taylor Kitsch was introduced to American audiences when he
played Tim Riggins on NBC’s Friday Night Lights. The idea was to turn his small
screen success into a big screen success with him playing the lead in both John
Carter and Battleship but both died at the box-office. Kitsch brought his career
back from the brink with roles in The Normal Heart, Savages, Lone Survivor and
True Detective. He was last seen in 21 Bridges and is set to star in Neill Blomkamp’s Inferno. It’s a nice comeback and you would think that he would be
bitter abut not being a movie star but he told THR that he sees himself as a
character actor first, so he “could honestly give a crap if I’m 15th on the call
sheet or first.” But he is amazed by the sudden appreciation for Disney’s John
Carter. The film is now received better than it was when it came out in 2012. Of
the fresh interest, Kitsch says: “I think it got another life when it went on
Netflix not long ago, maybe a year ago or something, but, yes, to be blunt.
People stop me all the time for that, especially in Europe. It’s had a little
mini-resurgence. Maybe, at the time, it was more of a knee-jerk reaction of
‘Let’s see how we can bury this and everyone that has a part in it.’ Over time,
I think you take a breath and understand that it is what it is … I guess people
who watch it now for the first time can take a lot more away from it than people
did at first. It’s always flattering, and I learned a ton on that movie. I
honestly don’t see it as a failure. I have great memories from it, and I still
talk to a bunch of the cast. It is what it is, right?” The film cost millions
but only made $73 million domestically.
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