Ayo Edebiri has revealed that she acquired loss of life threats and racist feedback after Elon Musk shared a pretend information story about her changing Johnny Depp within the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. In February 2024, Musk shared a pretend report claiming Disney was contemplating Edebiri to switch Depp within the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise with the caption, “Disney Sucks.” Musk is actually no stranger to sharing false info, however this headline caught the eye of some dangerous individuals who determined to take their anger out on the Emmy award-winning star of The Bear.
In an Instagram story (by way of Selection), Edebiri defined how Musk boosting a pretend Pirates of the Caribbean information story resulted in her receiving “a few of the most insane loss of life threats and racial slurs of my life.” Edebiri clearly debunked the rumor that she is in any means connected to the following Pirates of the Caribbean movie, whereas calling Musk an “fool” and a “double Sieg Heil-ing fascist,” the latter in reference to Musk twice giving what gave the impression to be a Nazi salute at Donald Trump’s inauguration in January:
“Simply remembering once I received a few of the most insane loss of life threats and racial slurs of my life (idk if it’s the #1 second, however for positive high 3) for a pretend reboot of a film I had by no means even heard of due to this man. LMAO. So not solely is he double Sieg Heil-ing fascist, he’s an fool however anyway.”
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Whereas Disney is growing a sixth entry within the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Edebiri is not a part of it. As for the standing of Johnny Depp, that continues to be to be seen. Whereas producer Jerry Bruckheimer has expressed curiosity in bringing the actor again to play Jack Sparrow, Depp himself has mentioned he has little interest in working with Disney ever once more after he felt betrayed by them following his very public defamation case with ex-wife Amber Heard. There was discuss a Margot Robbie-led Pirates of the Caribbean spin-off movie, but it surely’s unclear if that mission remains to be in growth.
It’s protected to imagine, although, that Robbie didn’t obtain the identical vitriol or loss of life threats from folks on-line that Edebri did, highlighting an enormous ongoing downside in fan tradition and on social media.
The Risks of Sharing False Info
Most of the individuals who attacked Edebiri on-line are doubtless amongst those that see any inclusion of non-white actors as “pressured variety” or “advantage signaling,” however a great portion of them may also be Johnny Depp followers. Depp’s followers have turn out to be extraordinarily hostile and protecting of the star on-line, as they suppose he was unfairly handled throughout his divorce from Amber Heard, and they generally tend to assault anybody who they understand as taking work from Depp. There isn’t a denying that fandom areas have turn out to be extra poisonous, and that social media has made it simple to ship loss of life threats and racist remarks to expertise, significantly girls of coloration. Kelly Marie Tran from Star Wars: The Final Jedi, Moses Ingram in Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Rachel Zegler in Snow White are just some of the names which have been on the receiving finish of some really repugnant racist feedback from sure segments of fandom. Nobody’s supposed “love” of a franchise ought to encourage them to ship loss of life threats or use racist slurs – it’s blatantly unacceptable.
Edebiri’s story additionally highlights the significance of reporting precise information tales, as a result of chasing scoops for clicks or publishing apparent headline bait can have disturbing and even harmful penalties. Musk won’t have even learn the story. He doubtless simply noticed the headline and reposted it. However that reckless posting lent validity to a pretend information story, and impressed Musk’s followers to ship loss of life threats and racist slurs to a lady for no cause in any respect.
Musk’s current appointment by the Trump administration to the pinnacle of the newly shaped and to date largely incompetent Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) has been disastrous. Possibly an grownup man who clearly cannot differetiate actual information from pretend information, even in relation to one thing as frivolous as film casting, should not be given a lot energy.
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Pirates of the Caribbean
Abstract
Pirates of the Caribbean is a sequence of fantasy journey movies directed by Gore Verbinski (1–3) and Rob Marshall (4), written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. All 4 movies are primarily based on a Walt Disney theme park trip of the identical identify, and observe the adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), Captain Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), Joshamee Gibbs (Kevin McNally), Davy Jones (Invoice Nighy), Angelica (Penélope Cruz), Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Philip Swift (Sam Claflin) and the mermaid Syrena (Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey).
The movies began with their first launch on the large display screen in 2003 with Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. After the success of the primary movie, Walt Disney Footage revealed {that a} trilogy was within the works. Pirates of the Caribbean: Useless Man’s Chest was launched three years later in 2006. The sequel proved profitable, breaking information worldwide the day of its premiere. Ultimately, it earned $1,066,179,725 on the worldwide field workplace, turning into the fourth and quickest movie (on the time) to succeed in this quantity. The third movie within the sequence, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s Finish, was launched in 2007. In September 2008, Depp signed on for a fourth movie within the franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, launched on Could 20, 2011 in standard 2D, Digital 3-D and IMAX 3D. It succeeded in grossing greater than $1 billion, turning into the eighth and fourth-fastest movie to attain this. Up to now, the movie franchise has grossed $3.72 billion worldwide and it’s the solely franchise with two movies that reached $1 billion worldwide. It’s the fourth highest-grossing movie sequence of all-time. It has been confirmed that two extra installments to the franchise are included in Disney’s future plans. In July 2011, Johnny Depp confirmed he was closing in on a deal for a fifth installment and that the franchise would not be going forward with out Depp’s participation.