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.

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    19 hours ago

    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.

  • Even if true, how fucked up in the head do you have to be to make death threats for an actor to play a role in a movie that is pure fiction.

    Don’t like it, DON’T WATCH IT!

    Fucking neck-beards paladin’ the dumbest things for “canon”.

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      16 hours ago

      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 “wow” movies is just the rate of bad movies.

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      20 hours ago

      I think it’s a tail wagging the dog situation, really. They don’t care about the Pirates movies, they’re just using it as an opportunity to push their weirdo narratives.

      They want to get views and monetization monies so they will latch onto anything they see as popular and inject their narrative onto it. Talking about popular things expands the number of people the algorithm will recommend their stuff to. The narrative is there to capture the audience and keep them coming back.

      Once you have a group of weirdos together they will start trying to one-up each other with their weirdness. Eventually a few will cross the line and start making death threats, swatting people, and sometimes even mass killings can occur. It isn’t about the Pirates, it’s about proving to the rest of the group how devoted to the weirdo “cause” they are.

    • JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 days ago

      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.

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    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.

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      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.”

      Ok fucking what? Did this dude implant Neuralinks in half the US population without anyone’s knowledge?

      What an insane fucking thing to say.

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        23 hours ago

        I don’t say that lightly.

        I love it when randos say shit like this. I don’t know you. Nobody knows you. Your judgement carries no weight.

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        If every accusation is an admission of guilt and the weirdos kept accusing Gates of implementing microchips in the vaccines then…

        Oh God 😐

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    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.

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      And give full credit to musk and his sad little fanboy. “Thank you for this idea, we would never have considered her, but now we’re all in!”

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    2 days ago

    Actually changing Jack Sparrow to a female would be an amazing change. Why? Because it’s different.

    Imagine a drunk, female Jane Sparrow sailing around having grand adventures. Throw in some cute but sexy outfits. Sign me up.

    Regular reboot with some guy? Probably skipping it because it doesn’t excite me. It’s just a reboot.

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      The franchise isn’t called Jack Sparrow. It’s called Pirates of the Caribbean, based off a theme park ride which, as far as I know, has no named characters. The main character could be any pirate.

      But maybe make her name less derivative… like Judy Pigeon or something… ;)

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        The theme park ride always had Jack Sparrow as the only named character, even before the movies.

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          I also think in the next Bond movie James should lose his mind and have to be dealt with by agent 009, Janice Stock 😆

          “What? We didn’t change James Bond!”