“I played it the way I wanted to play it.”

Jeremy Allen Whiteisn’t interested in becoming the next big superhero.

Suffice to say, they weren’t fans of his laissez-faire approach.

Jeremy Allen White

Jeremy Allen White.Gilbert Flores/Getty Images

“They were like, ‘F— you,'” he remembered.

“And I was like, ‘Right on.'”

Still, he has no regrets about how the meeting played out.

A rep for White did not immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.

“I was like, ‘Oh,that’swhat it looks like,'” White said with a grimace.

“‘Got some work to do.'”

Tell them we’re ready!'"

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