'John Carter' Wasn't A Failure, Taylor Kitsch Says

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[url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/448882/personmain.jhtml"]Taylor Kitsch[/url] might not be the definition of a classy gentleman — he did too much boozing and womanizing on "Friday Night Lights" for us to ever look at him that way — but he's certainly as cool as they come. Even in the midst of all the backlash surrounding the whole lot of money "[url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/430400/moviemain.jhtml"]John Carter[/url]" [i]didn't[/i] make, Kitsch is out and proud in saying he'd gladly return to Barsoom again.

"I would do 'John Carter' again tomorrow," he told [url="http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/26/showbiz/movies/taylor-kitsch-john-carter-ew/index.html"]CNN[/url]. "I'm very proud of 'John Carter.' Box office doesn't validate me as a person, or as an actor."



Elsewhere, Kitsch told [url="http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/kitsch-sticks-john-carter-110816543.html"]Yahoo [/url](via [url="http://blastr.com/2012/04/why-taylor-kitsch-doesnt.php"]Blastr[/url]) about his thoughts on the overall "Carter" box office performance: "I don't see it as a failure, that's the thing. I'm incredibly proud of it, and I would do it all over again … If someone told me that my first lead film will make well over 300 million dollars, that's a good thing."

"I know personally I literally did everything possible I could have in John Carter, and in Battleship and in Savages," he added. "That's why I prep so hard, and why I push myself so hard, so I can have no regrets."

Big props for standing by your flick, Taylor. Here's hoping for bigger and brighter things with "[url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/435857/moviemain.jhtml"]Battleship[/url]" and "[url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/476515/moviemain.jhtml"]Savages[/url]." Speaking of that last one, I recommend staying tuned to this space in the coming days…

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