Jared Harrishas no illusions aboutMorbius' quality.

“I have got a mortgage to pay, you know,” Harris said.

“Sometimes you say yes to things because you should probably make money.”

Jared Harris in ‘Morbius’

Jared Harris in ‘Morbius’.Sony Pictures Releasing / Marvel Entertainment / Courtesy Everett

“you’ve got the option to’t treat it as though its Shakespeare.

So yeah, that movie could have done with a more mischievous sense of humour.”

Audiences gave it a dreadful C+ CinemaScore.

Jared Harris

Jared Harris.Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/WireImage

The loosely connected cinematic universe kicked off with 2018’sVenomand continued with the 2021 sequelVenom: Let There Be Carnage.

Shortly afterMadame Webhit theaters, starDakota Johnsonexplained that the film’s poor receptionmade sense to her.

And I know that now.

Morbiusdirector Daniel Espinosa alsosaid he has his own qualmswith his Sony-Marvel movie.

“I’m always trying to focus on being better.

But I am also proud of what I do.

There are parts in all of my movies that I’m really proud of.”

Meanwhile, Smith tookMorbius' subpar reception in stride.

What else are you gonna do?

It’s a film, at the end of the day, were not saving lives.

For whatever reason, it didnt quite work out and…

It is what it is."