Thandie Newton rejected a superhero movie role

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Thandie Newton turned down a superhero movie role because the part was just “someone’s mum who just dies”. The 48-year-old actress has heaped praise on ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ helmer Taika Waititi for making the superhero genre less “boring”, but admitted she wasn’t impressed to be offered such a minor role in another franchise. She said: “I was like, ‘Meh, no.’ It was more the role, you know what I mean?” The ‘Reminiscence’ star continued: “The perfect example is Taika Waititi, what he did with ‘Thor: Ragnarok’. “I love that the actors in it really want to push it too — of course they do, it’s borin…

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