Christopher Nolan credits MCU for keeping movies alive after Covid: 'Thank God for Marvel movies'

The Oppenheimer director has acknowledged the superhero genre for saving the movie business during a difficult time in the industry.

Christopher Nolan is expressing his gratitude for the Marvel movies. In a new interview with The New York Times, the Oscar-nominated director had nothing but praise for the superhero movies made by the MCU. (Also read: Christopher Nolan says Robert Downey Jr's turn as Iron Man is ‘one of the most consequential casting decisions’ ever)

‘Thank God for Marvel movies’

Christopher Nolan recently received an Oscar nomination for directing Oppenheimer. (AFP)

In the interview, Christopher Nolan was speaking about the casting of Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, and shared how his casting was one for the history books. He said: “No, the truth is, I think Jon Favreau casting Robert as Tony Stark is one of the most significant and consequential casting decisions in Hollywood history… It wound up defining our industry. Coming out of COVID, you say, 'Thank God for Marvel movies.' And it’s one of those where, in retrospect, everybody thinks it was obvious. But he took an enormous risk casting you in that role.”

The box office success of 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home is a testament to what the director spoke about. The Tom Holland-led superhero film, which had the amalgamation of the previous two Spiderman actors- Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, went close to reaching the $2 billion mark at the global box office. Nolan himself is not a stranger to the superhero genre, having helmed the critical and commercial hit films in the Batman trilogy with Christian Bale in the past under DC.

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