Marvel movies? For summer? Groundbreaking.<\/p>\n
Meryl Streep called Marvel movies \u201cboring\u201d while discussing the complexity of her character, Miranda Priestly, in \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Oscar winner made the shady comment Friday on Hits Radio Breakfast Show <\/a>when the interviewer asked Streep about Miranda\u2019s \u201csoft side\u201d being highlighted in the new sequel.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI feel like you get a realistic view,\u201d the 76-year-old actress stated. \u201cI think we tend to Marvel-ize the movies now.\u201d<\/p>\n Meryl Streep shaded Marvel movies on Hits Radio Breakfast Show on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Streep (pictured above with \u201cDevil Wears Prada 2\u201d co-stars Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt) called Marvel films \u201cboring.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe got the villains and we got the good guys,\u201d she continued, \u201cand it\u2019s\u00a0so boring.\u201d<\/p>\n Streep pointed out that real-life is nothing like the good vs. evil battles that play out in Marvel movies.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat\u2019s really interesting about life is that some of the heroes are flawed and some of the villains are human and interesting and have their own strengths,\u201d she explained. <\/p>\n \u201cSo that\u2019s what I like about this [movie]. It\u2019s messier,\u201d Streep concluded.<\/p>\n Streep said: \u201cWe got the villains and we got the good guys, and it\u2019s\u00a0so boring.\u201d (A scene from \u201cThe Avengers\u201d is above). \u00a9Walt Disney Co.\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Streep (pictured above in \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2\u201d) explained that unlike Marvel, her new film shows that humans are \u201cflawed.\u201d Walt Disney Studios<\/p>\n Streep is not the first Hollywood A-lister to shade Marvel.<\/p>\n Big-time movie directors Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Quentin Tarantino have all gone after the genre<\/a>, with Scorsese saying in 2019 that superhero movies are\u00a0\u201cnot cinema.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n The \u201cTaxi Driver\u201d director also compared MCU films to \u201ctheme parks.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Tarantino blamed Marvel for Hollywood\u2019s lack of movie stars, saying in 2022 that the superhero characters overshadow the actors themselves. <\/p>\n Streep isn\u2019t the first star to shade Marvel: Martin Scorsese (seen above at the TCM Classic Film Festival: New York Pop-Up in 2025) previously said the superhero films are \u201cnot cinema.\u201d Getty Images for TCM<\/p>\n Directors Quentin Tarantino and Francis Ford Coppola have all shaded Marvel movies before (Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans are seen above in a scene from \u201cThe Avengers\u201d). \u00a9Walt Disney Co.\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n As for Streep, she also took a swipe at Travis Kelce during the \u201cDevil Wears Prada 2\u201d press tour.<\/p>\n In a recent featurette\u00a0for the film<\/a>, Streep randomly mentioned the Kansas City Chiefs player when she talked about the most difficult part of filming in Milan, Italy.<\/p>\n \u201cThe hardest thing about shooting in Milan was walking in stilettos on the cobblestones,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019d like to see Travis Kelce do that.\u201d<\/p>\n Travis, 36, responded to Streep\u2019s shade on Wednesday\u2019s episode of his \u201cNew Heights\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n \u201cI hope she doesn\u2019t have beef with me!\u201d Travis joked while chatting with his brother and podcast co-host Jason Kelce, noting that he\u2019s \u201ca fan\u201d of the \u201cBig Little Lies\u201d actress.<\/p>\n Along with Marvel, Travis Kelce (pictured above filming a Tommy Hilfiger campaign in NYC) was a recent victim of Streep\u2019s shade. BACKGRID<\/p>\n Streep (pictured above in the sequel with Anne Hathaway) said Travis could never walk around Milan, Italy in stilettos like she did Walt Disney Studios<\/p>\n Travis then joked, \u201cOh, Meryl, you have no idea how good I am at walking in heels. Okay?\u201d<\/p>\n