Rachel Zegler and Jacob Elordi: Is It Still Harder for Women to be Critical in Hollywood?
This week, Euphoria star Jacob Elordi reflected on his breakout role in the Netflix series The Kissing Booth:
“Those movies are ridiculous,” he told British GQ. “I didn’t want to make those movies before I made those movies.”
Elaborating later at the premiere of his newest film, the actor added, “I just play what they give me. I need a job.”
The reaction online has been mostly humorous with some praising Elordi for being “so real” for his response. It has resulted in comparisons with the way Rachel Zegler was treated for making similar comments about acting in Shazam! Fury of the Gods.
Talking to The Hollywood Reporter about why she decided to act in the movie, Zegler told them, “I needed a job. I’m so serious . . . The reality was, we were in the middle of a pandemic and I was not working and I could not get a job for the life of me because West Side Story hadn’t come out yet and it was really hard to book work for me.”
The interview is often clipped online to suggest that Zegler had no interest in the film itself but the interview continues with her praising it: “I was really excited when this came in my inbox. I love the first movie.” She was criticised heavily online nonetheless.
Zegler then faced more backlash for comments she made around the upcoming Snow White adaption, in which she plays the titular character. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the actor described the original 1937 version as “extremely dated when it comes to the ideas of women being in roles of power and what a woman is fit for.”
She faced an enormous backlash online, particularly for the comment “[Snow White’s] not going to be dreaming about true love. She’s dreaming about becoming the leader she knows she can be.” Zegler immediately faced threats of online cancellation, with some people promising to boycott the film as a result.
The bombardment of negative coverage has continued since, with videos being put up on online compiling all her critical comments. One is simply titled “Rachel Zegler needs to be stopped”.
This has prompted questions about whether a double standard exists in Hollywood making it easier for men to get away with being openly critical than women. Naturally, Elordi and Zegler are not the first actors to publicly criticize their own projects.
https://www.oxfordstudent.com/2023/11/25/rachel-zegler-and-jacob-elordi-is-it-still-harder-for-women-to-be-critical-in-hollywood/
It's a long article to quote in full. Go to source to read about Pattinson, Heigl, Clooney cases.
But what those media people can't understand is that people can't stand Rachel Zegler not because she shitted on her own movie. Nobody cares about Snow White, lol. It has zero die hard fans. They hate her because she went full WOKE on that movie. And movie fans hate wokeness and lectures from actors that's why there is an outrage every time it happens.
And people rolled their eyes at that Elrondi guy already acting as he is DiCaprio in the making. I personally want him to fail. Because I don't like that attitude.
And Clooney and Pattinson just confirmed their movie were shite and everyone agreed they were. But they did it while being actually stars by that time. And having fan bases and love. Zegler is nobody yet acts as if she is real star. That's why people are like: "Shut up. Producers just push you in everyone's faces, No one likes you".
And I actually agree with Heigl on what she says about movie. But it was the way she said it. And she was another fake "star" with no support from public. People were like: "Calm down. ungrateful brat. This is your 15 seconds of fame. Enjoy it while it lasts. You ain't Witherspoon".
Instead of saying it was sexist - she could have said it: "I didn't like how they made her such a b*tch and killjoy. While he was goofy and loving guy. They could have made her more fun".
And that's it - no one would go crazy about it.
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