"What’s interesting is that the male storytelling, the 'this is where I save the world,' it’s just as obvious, just as if not more repetitive," Thompson said of the action-superhero genre.
"The thing I found really hard was that I had to go out and sell something that I really didn’t have very much control over," the "Harry Potter" alum said.
When Crowe began to tire of the repetitive roles that he could get in Australia, a trip to France made him realize that he needed to start making American movies.
Gunn has his work cut out for him as he builds a new cinematic universe at DC Studios, but he's already thinking of ways to reunite with his old Marvel friends.