Colin Trevorrow Addresses Criticism of Jurassic World Clip

by Helen Earnshaw | 5 June 2015

Colin Trevorrow has addressed Joss Whedon's claim that a teaser clip for the new Jurassic World movie was 'sexist.'

Colin Trevorrow

The controversy erupted earlier this year when a clip showing Chris Pratt's character attempting to flirt with Bryce Dallas Howard's character led to Whedon taking to Twitter to complain.

The Avengers director wrote: "I'm too busy wishing this clip wasn't 70's era sexist. She's a stiff, he's a life-force - really? Still?"

Trevorrow, who has taken over the director's chair of the popular franchise for the first time has addressed that criticism and wonders why that moment in the film was chosen as a clip in the first place.

Speaking to Italian publication Bad Taste, the director said: "I wonder why [Universal] chose a clip like that, that shows an isolated situation within a movie that has an internal logic. That starts with characters that are almost archetypes, stereotypes that are deconstructed as the story progresses.

"The real protagonist of the movie is [Bryce's on-screen character] Claire and we embrace her femininity in the story's progression. There's no need for a female character that does things like a male character, that's not what makes interesting female characters in my view. Bryce and I have talked a lot about these concepts and aspects of her character."

There is a week to go until Jurassic World hits the big screen and it is set to be one of the biggest films of the summer and 2015. It is the fourth film in the franchise and the first since Jurassic Park III back in 2001.

Pratt and Dallas Howard take on the central roles of Owen and Claire and are joined on the cast list by Vincent D'Onofrio, Ty Simpkins, Jake Johnson, Omar Sy, and Judy Greer.

While Jurassic World looks set to be a sure fire box office hit, Trevorrow has already announced that he will not be returning to the franchise to direct a possible sequel.