Jared Harris Starred in Morbius Because 'You Need to Make Money': 'I've Got a Mortgage to Pay'

Jared Harris explains the actor’s thought process behind why they take on certain projects.

While talking to the UK and newspaper recently about his upcoming film ReawakeningHarris explored much of his acting career — and also questioned why he took the role in Sony’s 2022 Marvel movie. Morbiusin which the main role was played by Jared Leto.

“Of course, yes,” Harris, 63, told the news outlet when asked if he would take on the project. “I have to pay the mortgage, you know. Sometimes you say yes to things because you need to make money.”

Harris portrayed Dr. Emil Nicholas in Morbius opposite Leto, 52, and Matt Smith, the latter of whom played antagonist Milo Morbius. Morbiusbased on the Marvel Comics character, follows Dr. Michael Morbius (Leto), who is inadvertently turned into a vampire while developing a cure for the blood disease he lives with. Michael’s brother Milo (Smith) also gains vampire powers, leaving the two to fight it out in New York.

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Jared Harris in 2022’s Morbius.

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The film famously flopped at the box office when it was finally released in April 2022 after several delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic; Sony originally intended to publish Morbius in July 2020. It also has an extremely low approval rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, where only 15% of 287 critic reviews said they enjoyed the film, while 71% of audience members who checked in Morbius gave a positive review.

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“I’ve noticed that movies like that go well if you have a sense of humor,” Harris said and when asked about his crafting experience Morbius. “You can’t treat it like it’s Shakespeare. So yeah, that movie could have been with a more mischievous sense of humor.”

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Jared Harris January 30, 2020

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Harris, whose resume also includes roles in television series Crazy people, Chernobyland Crownhe is not the only one Morbius cast member to talk about the film’s failure to connect with audiences. Back in 2022, the 41-year-old Smith said Rolling Stone UK that the film was “thrown under the bus” after its release.

“But you just have to roll with it. What else are you going to do?” he said then. “It’s a movie, at the end of the day, we’re not saving lives. For whatever reason, it didn’t quite work and… It is what it is.”

Morbius is now available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu. Reawakening no US release date yet.

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