LOL he will never live down that rant, although to be fair, he was specifically asked about what the interviewer described as "
Hollywood's fixation with superheroes".
Their words, that context maters, he commented on exactly what the interviewer already recognized as Hollywood absolutely fixating on superhero blockbusters, at the time his and other movies like his, struggled to get backing.
It's in
that context, as well as this was specifically during Birdman, a movie exploring obsession with huge Superhero genre and franchise movies that can shape the identity of not just the actor but how the world sees him. How it haunts one trying to reinvent himself outside that hyper-idealized vision.
A public and fans that only wants to see that role, and the critics who would never accept him as anything but.
This was suicide for the actor/creator. In that context the studios myopic fixation, can lead to what he called a "cultural genocide".
So yeah he was approaching the "fixation" question from an interesting place. it was a little more complex than "he hates superhero films", although sad that's what it's been whittled down to.
Yes there is a strong group of film makers who have garnered some attention.
L to R:
Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Emmanuel (El Chivo) Lubezki, Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón
As far as who of those would make a superhero film, I think in the group we know Guillermo Del Toro would if they could sign him, maybe not Iñárritu or Alfonso Cuarón, but his son Jonás Cuarón who co-wrote Gravity and has worked on other films with his father, has been tapped to make a Zorro movie.
Zorro is probably the closest thing to the original Latino superhero, if not arguably the first american "proto-superhero", at least he fits all the tropes.
Although that film might be in some kind of production-purgatory, as we haven't heard anything in a while.
I could see him taking on something like Blue Beetle.