Zack Sharf Jamie Dornan ignited backlash among “Fifty Shades of Grey” fans when he was cast in the role of Christian Grey. Robert Pattinson was the target of fan backlash after Warner Bros.
announced him as the new Batman. Same goes for Andrew Garfield being cast as Spider-Man. Even Daniel Craig’s casting as James Bond earned scorn from fans months before “Casino Royale” proved the naysayers wrong.
It appears actors just can’t win whenever they’re cast in pre-established roles, and Dornan is more than tired of it.“Prejudgment is such a fucking disease,” Dornan recently told Esquire about fan backlash to high profile casting announcements. “It’s a disease in all our culture.
In my line of work, sure. But in general, people prejudge people based on fucking anything really, and it’s very sad. Look at the reaction when Rob got cast as Batman.
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