Tom Hanks on fatigue from superheroics: “People are tired not of superheroics, but of empty plots”

Actor Tom Hanks appeared on the podcast Happy, Sad, Confused, where he shared his thoughts on why superhero movies are less appealing to audiences than they used to be.

Tom Hanks says that in the 70s and 80s Over the years, film studios have already tried to make films about popular superheroes, but the technology of that time did not allow them to show on the screen what was drawn in comic books. Now there is no such problem, but viewers want to see not only special effects, but also a deep plot in such films.

According to the actor, the main problem is that film studios are constantly trying to repeat a scheme that worked once , believing that it will work again, but now are completely different times:

Tom Hanks himself is not against trying himself in a superhero movie, but the actor does not receive invitations from the studios to such films: