Josh Brolin Admits His Jonah Hex 'Was a S—ty F—ing Movie'

The star-studded cast included Brolin, Megan Fox, Michael Fassbender, John Malkovich, Will Arnett and Michael Shannon

Josh Brolin is his most honest critic.

The actor spoke candidly about his 2010 film. Jonah Hexand its director, Jimmy Hayward, in a new interview with GQ.

“I will never stop s——g on.” Jonah Hex because it was a s—ty jeb—ing movie,” he told the news outlet.

“Jonah Hex” movie poster.

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The superhero film — which starred Brolin as the eponymous bounty hunter — grossed $5.37 million in its opening weekend for a total of $10.54 million, according to Forbes. The star-studded cast included Megan Fox, Michael Fassbender, John Malkovich, Will Arnett and Michael Shannon.

Brolin said GQ that he reconnected with Hayward and learned that he had been “in and out of the hospital with an excruciating form of bone cancer” that required “multiple facial reconstructive surgeries.” The experience taught Brolin to look at life a little differently.

Megan Fox in the movie “Jonah Hex”.

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“That reminded me [that] you can’t just keep s——- on someone. I don’t know what the hell is going on in his life. I mean, full facial reconstruction, the whole thing,” he said.

Brolin previously spoke about his experience on the film in an interview with Diversityreleased in March 2023, and said he felt another problem with the film was that there was a rush to hire a director.

“I remember Jeff Robinov, who I’m still close with, who was running Warner Brothers at the time, and he said, look, you’ve got to get a director in the next two weeks or we’ve got to do this thing,” Brolin told the newspaper. “And then you meet someone who has a lot of knowledge, Jimmy Hayward, and I remember it wasn’t good.”

Josh Brolin.

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The movie star said he “loved” that Hayward was excited to direct the film, but that he “didn’t have the experience and didn’t approach it the way I would imagine someone would.” Brolin said that hiring Hayward was ultimately his choice.

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“And then the studio took it over and every time that happened, in my experience, it just got worse,” he added. “It wasn’t successful creatively or financially.”

Brolin is acting Dina: The second partwhich arrives in theaters on Friday.

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