The Hellboy reboot, one of the most anticipated movies this year, didn't take long to garner a divisive reaction from fans and critics alike. However, star Milla Jovovich is nonplussed by the critical reception. So far she is shrugging it off, revealing on Instagram how she's used to poor reactions to her films. Throughout her career, Jovovich has been a part of many genre films that found an audience and has the same hope for Hellboy.
"You work super hard to make something fun and entertaining and have to absorb the negative reviews by movie critics, but hey!" she wrote. "THAT’S SHOWBIZ BABY," an affirmation punctuated with a smiling emoji wearing shades.
She named a few of her "raddest films" that have a following today but were thrashed by critics, including Dazed and Confused, The Fifth Element, Zoolander, Joan of Arc and Resident Evil. "Anyway, every one of those films is now a cult classic," Jovovich wrote. "EVERY. SINGLE. ONE." She then confidently said Hellboy "will be too. Mark my words," giving credit to her "amazing" and "talented" costars, creator Mike Mignola and director Neil Marshall.
In theaters now, director Neil Marshall’s Hellboy stars David Harbour as Hellboy, Ian McShane as Trevor Bruttenholm, Milla Jovovich as Nimue, Sasha Lane as Alice Monaghan, Penelope Mitchell as Ganeida and Daniel Dae Kim as Ben Daimio.