The Bear actor called Musk a fascist and an idiot after his reaction to a post from a rightwing account that claimed she was replacing Johnny Depp
Summary
Ayo Edebiri said she received "insane death threats" after Elon Musk shared a false report claiming she would replace Johnny Depp in a Pirates of the Caribbean reboot.
The rumor, posted by a right-wing account with no industry ties, was never confirmed by credible sources. Musk, who commented “Disney sucks,” amplified the hoax.
Edebiri later called Musk an idiot and a fascist for promoting fascist right-wing rhetoric.
Meanwhile, producer Jerry Bruckheimer confirmed a reboot is in development but did not confirm Depp’s involvement.
the owner of the original account said: “I clearly stated ‘reportedly’ because it was the latest information coming from credible Hollywood sources. And yes, I am a HUGE fan and supporter of Mr Musk. He has my loyalty for LIFE, and I don’t say that lightly.”
That's fuckin' weird bro. Fuckin' weird. Back in my day we used to call those kind of people flunkies and bootlickers.
the problem is that they don't believe in "get woke go broke" themselves. if they did they wouldn't have fucking conniptions every time they saw a black person or even a woman on screen. they would just sit back and watch the woke movies bomb. but they don't. the rate of bad "woke" movies is just the rate of bad movies.
This sort of thing is frighteningly common. The first two instances that come to mind for me are both Star Wars films: Ahmed Best after The Phantom Menace and Kelly Marie Tran after The Last Jedi.
Kinda want her to get the role now just so these assholes don't see Depp or somebody else in the new movie and think that they had a hand in saving Hollywood from the evil forces of woke. Satisfaction is not permitted.
It’s just not worth it. So why? Just know the big studios will always fuck with you. You’ll never be happy so don’t entertain them with feed back and don’t give them a penny.
The level of utter derangement people have over mainstream cinema (marvel, star wars, franchise, action slop, disney remakes) being 'tainted' by a raceswap, or being 'woke' in some way is off the scales.
There are genuinely people crying themselves to sleep over the perceived quality of the entertainment equivalent of happy meals. There's an entire caustic critic industry over it. It's honestly pathetic how so many people have MCU Derangement syndrome.
People like to say, "you couldn't make that today" when they see something that they perceive as being "anti-woke" (they're almost always wrong, of course).
I feel like they literally could not make The Wiz today without people like this losing their shit.
She's a successful black actress, they unfortunately come with the territory. I imagine they hit differently when they're coming from actual Nazis though
(This was meant to be a joke but it kinda just made me sad as I was typing it)