Ahead of the fall release of “The Sopranos” prequel movie “The Many Saints of Newark,” director Alan Taylor spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about how returning to HBO’s mafia franchise relit his filmmaking spark after it was demolished by back-to-back critical duds “Thor: The Dark World” and “Terminator: Genisys.” While Taylor earned acclaim and an Emmy Award for his work on television, his career nosedived after he failed to make a successful jump to feature filmmaking.
Taylor’s “Thor: The Dark World” is widely considered among fans to be the worst movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.“I had lost the will to make movies,” Taylor said about enduring Marvel and “Terminator” fan backlash over the years.
“I lost the will to live as a director.
I’m not blaming any person for that.
The process was not good for me.
So I came out of it having to rediscover the joy of filmmaking.
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