After seven years in Netflix’s fantasy epic, the actor has cast her final spell. She talks about the genre’s toxic fans, welcoming new boy Liam Hemsworth to the cast – and what sorcery really sounds like
I didn’t like her as a choice for Yennefer at the beginning, because the vibe didn’t match what I read into the books. But I excepted, that she was an alternative Yennefer and well Chalotra did really pull it of in the end. Can’t imagine that ethnicity was the real problem, it was probably the writing
She’s amazing! Why is she getting shit on by the fans? She could be Hollywood royalty. She should be a superstar.
Because it is a video game fan base. Those fan bases love to hate everything about what they are fans of.
Fans are sometimes the worst people to promote a franchise.
It says in the article that she didn’t match a lot of the fans preconceived ideas of her character. Basically, she wasn’t white enough?
I didn’t like her as a choice for Yennefer at the beginning, because the vibe didn’t match what I read into the books. But I excepted, that she was an alternative Yennefer and well Chalotra did really pull it of in the end. Can’t imagine that ethnicity was the real problem, it was probably the writing
For a bunch of losers it’s as simple as “woman = bad”, especially if she’s not white or sexualized enough.