Russo Brothers say they’re ‘huge fans’ of SS Rajamouli, name RRR ‘amazing’

Directors Joe and Anthony Russo, recognized for steering 4 of the most important Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, took half in a dialog with RRR director SS Rajamouli. Both events expressed their love and respect for one another’s work, and the Russos spoke extremely of RRR’s success.

Starring Jr NTR and Ram Charan, the movie grew to become a runaway hit in theatres earlier this yr, earlier than being found by Western audiences after debuting on Netflix. During the dialog, Joe Russo known as RRR ‘amazing’ and cited it for example of what digital distribution can obtain.

“I’ve seen RRR, and it’s amazing,” the filmmaker mentioned. “What I think is so amazing about [RRR] is the emotion it evokes, combined with the spectacle. And I would say in five years, [digital distribution] has probably done more for diversity and access to diverse and international films than Hollywood has done in 50 years,” he added.

RRR is the most-watched Indian movie on Netflix, with over 47 million hours watched. The Russos’ most up-to-date spectacle, The Gray Man, gathered practically 90 million viewing hours over its first weekend.

This isn’t the primary time that Joe Russo has spoken extremely of RRR. “It’s big at the moment because of Netflix, RRR was a great movie. I thought it was really a well done epic, (with) nice strong themes, great visuals and a really powerful story about brotherhood,” Joe advised PTI at an occasion. He is one in all a handful of MCU administrators who’ve praised the interval epic. James Gunn and Scott Derrickson have additionally praised the movie on Twitter.

The Russos had been in India to advertise The Gray Man, which debuted to combined critiques earlier this month. The movie, starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans, additionally featured Dhanush in a supporting position.