What a Lowe blow.
Marvel actors aren’t the only ones taking potshots at Martin Scorsese. Rob Lowe recently made the bombastic claim that his shmaltzy safari-set rom-com, “Holiday in the Wild,” surpassed “The Irishman” in terms of Netflix viewership.
The 55-year-old Brat Pack alum delivered the unexpected barb to reporters at the Television Critics Association in Pasadena, Calif., Monday while promoting his new Fox show “9-1-1: Lone Star,” reports People.
“I just did a movie for Netflix that was the No. 1 movie that they had,” said Lowe upon being asked if he preferred working for streaming services or network TV. “It was a stupid Christmas elephant movie. Take that, Martin Scorsese.”
It’s a bold assertion, considering that “The Irishman” racked up 13.2 million viewers in its first five days, even eclipsing “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie,” reports The Wrap. “They were like, ‘Don’t tell anybody,'” mused Lowe in the interview, cheekily indicating that he might have inside info on the subject — although that’s highly unlikely considering how closely guarded Netflix keeps their viewership numbers.
Reached by The Post, a Netflix spokesperson wouldn’t confirm Lowe’s comments.
Currently, “Holiday in the Wild” — which looks to be a modern-day “Mogambo” of sorts — holds a putrid 43% on RottenTomatoes.com, compared to the 96% rating garnered by Scorsese’s nearly 4-hour gangster epic.
Lowe isn’t the first to take a rhetorical baseball bat to “The Irishman.” The Post’s own Andrea Peyser skewered the mafia flick for being “ill-acted, poorly written and amateurishly directed, with CGI effects so demented, big-mouth De Niro, who is 76, looks 90 rather than the intended blue-eyed 35.”



