This was another particularly nasty case, with film fans being merciless in their tearing down of 2016вЂ™s Ghostbusters reboot, which featured an all-female cast comprised of SNL alums Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig and Leslie Jones.

Ghostbusters cast (L-R) Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig and Leslie Jones SEAC The ironic thing about all this is that those same fans are now actively campaigning for Affleck to return to the cape and cowl, which he is said to be hanging up permanently after a farewell cameo in The Flash, with SnyderвЂ™s canon now seemingly retired. Nevertheless, Affleck was told by his agent to stay off social media for a while after the news went public, as people made vicious comments about his suitability for the role.

To be fair, the actorвЂ™s previous attempt at playing a superhero was 2003вЂ™s Daredevil, which was panned by critics and movie-goers alike, but there was always good reason to believe that this second attempt would go better.ДЄffleck was in the midst of a career renaissance, having recently taken home the Academy Award for Best Picture following his work on Argo, the acclaimed thriller that he both directed and starred in. When Zack Snyder announced that Ben Affleck would be taking the role of Bruce Wayne вЂ“ aka Batman вЂ“ in the DC Extended Universe, fans of the comic book publisher went completely berserk. The comment was made shortly after she backed out of playing a transgender character amid social media pressure. Unperturbed, Johansson said in a 2019 interview with As If magazine that she should be able to вЂњplay any person, or any tree, or any animal because that is my job and the requirements of my jobвЂќ. However, the controversy loomed large over the film, both in its reviews and at the global box office, where it proved to be a box office bomb with a predicted loss of approximately $60 million. Mamoru Oshii, who directed the original Ghost in the Shell anime film, came out in support of Johansson, arguing that since Major uses an assumed body and name, she does not necessarily have to be portrayed by an Asian actress (via IGN). Most fans of the source material agreed that the role should have been given to a Japanese actress, highlighting JohanssonвЂ™s casting as a textbook example of вЂњwhite-washingвЂќ. Scarlett Johansson drummed up quite a backlash when she took the lead role in Ghost in the Shell, a live-action remake of a popular anime following a cyborg agent named Major Motoko Kusanagi. ItвЂ™s unfortunate timing that mere weeks after this backlash, he was also confirmed to be voicing Garfield in an upcoming reboot of the childrenвЂ™s franchise, prompting a second wave of online criticism.Д¬ontroversy around Pratt has been building for some time now, with his Marvel co-stars taking to social media to defend him in October 2020, following a surge in negative comments from those disapproving of his perceived political views. Some had felt that voice actor Charles Martinet, who has played the character for decades in the games, should have been given the gig, while others thought a more inspired alternative could have been found. The actor, who hails from Virginia, United States, seemed a strange choice to play Super Mario, an Italian plumber who has served as NintendoвЂ™s primary mascot since the 1980s, in IlluminationвЂ™s upcoming film adaptation. Once the golden child of Hollywood, Chris Pratt seems to be suffering the effect of overexposure at the moment, as his casting in two major new animated projects provoked a collective eye-roll from most across social media.

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