Acolyte Star Jodie Turner-Smith addressed the backlash directly Star Wars The Disney+ TV show insists it's time for studios to better protect their cast. Directed by Leslye Headland Russian doll fame, Acolyte proved controversial long before its release. The Star Wars The TV show was subjected to a view-bombing campaign and the stars received a significant amount of abuse on social media.
talking to GlamourJodie Turner-Smith, who plays Force cultist Ana Aniseya, addressed the backlash directly. He describes how excited he is to work with actors who are completely committed to the characters – “I've never worked with anyone who gave me an essay on their character.“she remembers Amandla Stenberg – but the experience turned sour.”He put a lot of care, thought and love into it and It's frustrating to feel like your studio doesn't have much of a public back,” he notes before continuing:
“People need to stop saying nothing when they get into racism and bull-dogs on the internet. It's not fair to say nothing. It's really unfair. It would be nice if all the people with money stood up and said this is unacceptable: 'If you're doing this, you're not a bigot. “. Make a really big statement and make sure that any money doesn't go away because people of color and especially Black people make up so much of their purchasing power, but everybody uses the word 'woke' like a dirty word.”
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Disney canceled Acolyte after only one season, in fact, mainly because the audience wasn't enough to justify the costs; The latest tax returns submitted in the United Kingdom revealed that the budget reached 230 million dollars. But this is an undeniable fact certain parts Star Wars The fan base was encouraged by the cancellationconvinced that their approach worked. Against a long-running research-bombing campaign during Disney's silence Acolyte spoke of vol.
Turner-Smith's comments came shortly after a disturbing report Diversity examining the issue of toxic fandom, quoting one anonymous marketing executive: “Especially when it's a negative, toxic conversation, we don't even engage. As with toxic people, you try not to give him too much oxygen.” The problem is that it doesn't work; negative voices are heard loud and clearand the actor feels attacked and vulnerable.
There were moments when it was wider Star Wars society seems to have taken a stand against these voices. Ewan McGregor responded to racism among Star Wars he spoke out while defending his fellow fandom Obi-Wan Kenobi star Moses Ingram insisted — as Turner-Smith suggested — that these weren't true fans of the franchise. However, such comments are still few and far between.
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There is a difference between legitimate criticism and biased attack. Acolyte it wasn't perfect; it dealt with problems at a great pace and the characters were not given time to breathe, flashback episodes disrupted the pace of the show. But certainly not the worst Star Wars property that never got released – there's no way to justify an 18% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes – and the actors exposed were terrible.
The Star Wars fandom has always been fragmented and divisive, but social media has amplified the worst voices in fandom. The studios are clearly struggling to figure out how to react; Silence isn't good enough because it exposes the cast and crew. This problem is not unique to Disney and Lucasfilm, and in fact Acolyte more than anything, it serves as a chilling example. Studios need to find a better way.
Source: Glamour