The Knives Out motion pictures are identified for his or her enjoyable twists. This is… the other of that for an incredible many followers of the franchise…
All week the all-star solid of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery has been revealed one after the other. Joining Daniel Craig this time round are Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla), Josh O’Connor (Challengers), Andrew Scott, Kerry Washington, Glenn Close, and Jeremy Renner. But it was Thursday afternoon’s reveal that many followers really feel is the dangerous apple spoiling the entire bunch. That actor? Mila Kunis.
Yeah, it’s not a very good time for Mila. She and Ashton Kutcher infamously wrote letters defending their previous good friend and That ’70s Show co-star Danny Masterson — letters meant to cut back his sentencing after he was convicted of drugging and raping girls. It’s not a very good look defending a rapist. And the dangerous associations don’t cease there.
Last we heard Mila was ensuring her hubby saved his head down so he didn’t get pulled into the entire Diddy discourse. Yeah, apparently he and the All About The Benjamins rapper used to social gathering onerous collectively. Considering Diddy is additionally being accused of rape, in addition to home abuse, intercourse trafficking, and extra, it’s wanting fairly grim for the couple. We imply, having one good friend who seems to be a monster is one factor…
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So naturally loads of beforehand excited cinephiles abruptly discovered their curiosity within the subsequent Knives Out draining quicker than you possibly can say ICK! In response to the preliminary announcement put up on X (Twitter), followers instantly wrote:
“Not the rapist supporter. Dude come on we are better than this.”
“Nobody wants rapist apologist Mila Kunis in anything. Do better.”
“Booooooo”
“Whhhhy is she still working?”
“There’s still time to fire her @rianjohnson @KnivesOut”
Over on the Reddit web page for the film, it obtained worse. All these excited moviegoers obtained downright livid!
“Oh, that’s a shame. The casting was going so well.”
“Ok, now make her character a crypto grifter with an insufferable wannabe techbro partner.”
“Well, if they’re investigating a rape we know which side she’ll be on”
“Grossss”
“oh man, until now each cast announcement made me more excited for the movie”
“Wonder if they’ll have her secretly vouch for a rapist cult member in this one.”
“Sis is going to write a strongly worded letter of defense for the murderer, and then backpedal in the post credits scene.”
“Is there a way to make a petition against this? There’s no way this person should be allowed on a major film set less than a year after writing a heinous letter to defend a violent rapist. Extremely disgusted by everyone involved in this casting decision.”
“Does Mila Kunis have an agent who clawed, begged, borrowed and stole for this role, does she have a personal connection w a key figure in the project, or do studios really believe anyone wants to see or hear from this woman ever again?”
“Booooooooooooooooooooooo (ycott)”
Ooh, that final one… Will this one casting actually maintain viewers away? How many? Seems like much more than it’ll usher in, that’s for rattling certain. Oof. Ouch!
Considering director Rian Johnson has cultivated a popularity as a candy progressive, this actually is stunning. And it additionally means it’ll disproportionately damage his motion pictures to solid actors with this type of problematic baggage. Will the backlash make him change the course although? Or will he and Netflix fully ignore it?? What do YOU assume??
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