Star Adam Brody explains why he thinks Jennifer's Body failed in its initial release while also calling the film's early hate 'unjust'.
Jennifer's Body star Adam Brody shares his thoughts on why the movie failed at first. Released in 2009, Jennifer's Body starred Megan Fox as Jennifer Check, a popular high school cheerleader who is possessed by a demon and begins to murder her male classmates. Brody played Nikolai, a member of the rock band Low Shoulder, who sacrificed Jennifer to the demon in exchange for fame and fortune.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Now, in a new interview with The Independent, star Adam Brody explains why he thinks Jennifer's Body failed at first. Brody credits the film's marketing techniques for its box office blunder, saying that it inaccurately portrayed the plot line, and focused on gaining the attention of males. Instead, Brody suggests, it should have been promoted more so as a female empowerment movie.
“To have it receive such tepid reviews — and in a way, to be a punching bag — felt s---ty. It wasn't my movie, so I didn't take the brunt of it, but it still felt a little unjust…The film was a marketing person's dream, and then to see them do that…” “Part Goosebumps, part Maxim. It's not even anything she wears in the movie..The film was directed by a woman, starring two women, written by that year's screenwriting Oscar winner [Diablo Cody]..
Although Jennifer's Body was initially overlooked in the horror genre, it slowly became a hit, especially with young women and the LGBTQ+ community. Its reemergence in popular culture is partly due to the 2018 #MeToo movement, which called into question sexist practices and harassment in the entertainment industry.
While Jennifer is the antagonist of Jennifer's Body, it's the men that sacrificed her that pay the price in the end. Needy eventually murders them, thus defeating the real villains of the story, and further promoting a female-empowerment message. Although Needy kills Jennifer, she could possibly be brought back to life, as Fox has been vocal about hopes for a Jennifer's Body sequel or TV series. The sequel could explore more feminist themes, shifting with the times.
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