He added: “We should really look into continuing to support auteur film-makers at every level.”
Scorsese triggered the row with a magazine interview in which he described Marvel films as “not cinema” and likened them to “theme parks” instead.
Benedict Cumberbatch, star of the Marvel blockbuster Doctor Strange, has stepped into the ongoing discussion about superhero blockbusters, offering unexpected support to film-makers such as Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola who have expressed their dislike for them.
He was swiftly backed up by Coppola, who called superhero films “despicable”.