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Post by President Ackbar™ on Oct 26, 2017 17:55:37 GMT
Spider-Man: Homecoming’s Flash Thompson Actor Received Death Threats
06.29.2017
by Stephen Gerding
It’s no secret that comic book fans can, and often do, react loudly and negatively when one of their beloved characters is cast in a live-action adaptation. From Gal Gadot’s casting as Wonder Woman to Ben Affleck as Batman and beyond, actors have been critiqued and ripped to shreds, usually before audiences have even had a chance to see them bring their characters to life. But when you’re an actor of color cast in the role of character who has traditionally been portrayed as white in the source material, some corners of fandom can get particularly nasty.
That was the case for Tony Revolori, an American actor of Guatemalan descent who portrays classic Marvel Comics character Flash Thompson in Spider-Man: Homecoming. In the source material, Flash is a white, male jock who physically bullies Peter incessantly in high school, only to become one of his best friends after college. When it was announced, then, that the Grand Budapest Hotel star would play Peter Parker’s high school bully in the rebooted franchise, fan reaction was swift, and from some, negative. And, as Revolori explained to CBR in a one-on-one interview, the response extended far beyond a few trolls on Twitter saying mean things.
“I’m not what the character was in the comic books,” Revolori told CBR. “I’m not, and we can say that clearly and easily — and there’s still people who will hate that fact. It was very disheartening to receive hate mail and death threats and things like that.”
Rather than allow negative reactions to his casting, no matter how extreme, turn him off from the role, Revolori used them as fuel to push himself even more to offer audiences the best modern version of Flash Thompson he could. “It’s hard, but then I realized they love this character so much… this is just their passion,” the actor said. “I am passionate about things myself, being sports or movies or things like that. I understand where they’re coming from. Maybe they went about it a wrong way, but I took it all as constructive criticism. What can I do to do it right? Then I did what I had to, to be the Flash that they could be happy with, and sure, they won’t be happy with it anyway. But I gained 60 pounds for the role, and I did what I had to. I think that was one of the hardest things in the beginning, to be in that bubble of all this hate, and then just trying to walk out of it unscathed.”
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Post by Tristan's Journal on Oct 26, 2017 19:34:56 GMT
SCANDAL, I am so APPALED!!!
Always with these MCU fans! First they STARTED the FANBOY WARS with each and everybody especially with the venerable old franchises of DC and FOX-Men. And now they are even attack their own....? They are all the same, NOBODY likes them.
Heinous, uneducated criminal lowlifes with trivial taste unable to respect basic civil values. Damn them, GODDAMN them all to HELL!!!
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Oct 26, 2017 23:43:08 GMT
Racist assholes.
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Post by poelzig on Oct 27, 2017 0:03:11 GMT
That is a perfect example of how obsessed and unbalanced some mcu fans are. Sadly the racist sexist friendless sociopath types are the rule not the exception in the mcu fanboy ranks. I wouldn't be surprised to find that type of ignorance mirrored by mcu fans on this board.
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Post by scabab on Oct 27, 2017 0:08:01 GMT
That is a perfect example of how obsessed and unbalanced some mcu fans are. Sadly the racist sexist friendless sociopath types are the rule not the exception in the mcu fanboy ranks. I wouldn't be surprised to find that type of ignorance mirrored by mcu fans on this board. Right, now go make the same obsessed and unbalanced comment about the DC fans who threatened a journalist for reporting the 121 minute run time for Justice League, you wouldn't want to be biased after all. |
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Post by justanaveragejoe on Oct 27, 2017 0:12:02 GMT
That is a perfect example of how obsessed and unbalanced some mcu fans are. Sadly the racist sexist friendless sociopath types are the rule not the exception in the mcu fanboy ranks. I wouldn't be surprised to find that type of ignorance mirrored by mcu fans on this board. Why are you lumping all MCU fans with one idiot? All fanbases got that one idiot. You also claimed MCU fans are all child molesters who like to touch children. So all MCU fans are the biggest scums of the universe because their MCU fans? |
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Post by politicidal on Oct 27, 2017 0:19:46 GMT
Probably the same stormfront lunatics that flooded the Fan4stick board two years ago.
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Post by formersamhmd on Oct 27, 2017 0:21:30 GMT
That is a perfect example of how obsessed and unbalanced some mcu fans are. Sadly the racist sexist friendless sociopath types are the rule not the exception in the mcu fanboy ranks. I wouldn't be surprised to find that type of ignorance mirrored by mcu fans on this board. It was more the leftover Sony Spider-Man fans that likely did this. They got the white bully Flash and weren't happy it was changed. |
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Oct 27, 2017 0:25:17 GMT
That is a perfect example of how obsessed and unbalanced some mcu fans are. Sadly the racist sexist friendless sociopath types are the rule not the exception in the mcu fanboy ranks. I wouldn't be surprised to find that type of ignorance mirrored by mcu fans on this board. I noticed a trend, between both Marvel and DC fandoms, where some fans freak-out over diversity. Especially if they race bend a character. I remember back on imdb boards where someone pitched a transgender Batman and the poster was swarmed with transphobic comments. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2017 0:31:25 GMT
That is a perfect example of how obsessed and unbalanced some mcu fans are. Sadly the racist sexist friendless sociopath types are the rule not the exception in the mcu fanboy ranks. I wouldn't be surprised to find that type of ignorance mirrored by mcu fans on this board. Right, now go make the same obsessed and unbalanced comment about the DC fans who threatened a journalist for reporting the 121 minute run time for Justice League, you wouldn't want to be biased after all. I like said, you need to convince Admin to ban him. |
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Post by Lord Death Man on Oct 27, 2017 0:51:20 GMT
Spider-Man: Homecoming’s Flash Thompson Actor Received Death Threats06.29.2017 by Stephen Gerding It’s no secret that comic book fans can, and often do, react loudly and negatively when one of their beloved characters is cast in a live-action adaptation. From Gal Gadot’s casting as Wonder Woman to Ben Affleck as Batman and beyond, actors have been critiqued and ripped to shreds, usually before audiences have even had a chance to see them bring their characters to life. But when you’re an actor of color cast in the role of character who has traditionally been portrayed as white in the source material, some corners of fandom can get particularly nasty. That was the case for Tony Revolori, an American actor of Guatemalan descent who portrays classic Marvel Comics character Flash Thompson in Spider-Man: Homecoming. In the source material, Flash is a white, male jock who physically bullies Peter incessantly in high school, only to become one of his best friends after college. When it was announced, then, that the Grand Budapest Hotel star would play Peter Parker’s high school bully in the rebooted franchise, fan reaction was swift, and from some, negative. And, as Revolori explained to CBR in a one-on-one interview, the response extended far beyond a few trolls on Twitter saying mean things. “I’m not what the character was in the comic books,” Revolori told CBR. “I’m not, and we can say that clearly and easily — and there’s still people who will hate that fact. It was very disheartening to receive hate mail and death threats and things like that.” Rather than allow negative reactions to his casting, no matter how extreme, turn him off from the role, Revolori used them as fuel to push himself even more to offer audiences the best modern version of Flash Thompson he could. “It’s hard, but then I realized they love this character so much… this is just their passion,” the actor said. “I am passionate about things myself, being sports or movies or things like that. I understand where they’re coming from. Maybe they went about it a wrong way, but I took it all as constructive criticism. What can I do to do it right? Then I did what I had to, to be the Flash that they could be happy with, and sure, they won’t be happy with it anyway. But I gained 60 pounds for the role, and I did what I had to. I think that was one of the hardest things in the beginning, to be in that bubble of all this hate, and then just trying to walk out of it unscathed.” This post cleary should have been titled, "The Passion of the Marvel Fans" or "The Ecstasy of The Marvel Fans". Hee hee hee... |
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Post by harpospoke on Oct 27, 2017 1:46:07 GMT
More DC fanboy porn? We can add this to the list: Marvel is for kiddies (which makes their box office even more impressive since they have to sell more tickets) Marvel has bad villains (never mind that DC villains are worse) Marvel is too funny (hard to believe that's actually painted as a "flaw") Marvel doesn't let their directors have their own vision (just ignore how each director gets to do it his way) Marvel is all one formula (just pretend Winter Soldier, GotG, Ant-Man, etc are just alike) Marvel is too colorful (another "flaw"?) Marvel heroes don't show up to help other heroes (when it's one hero in a movie) Marvel won't let the solo heroes shine (when another hero shows up) Marvel makes CGI fests (just ignore MoS, BvS, SS, and WW) Marvel brings back dead heroes (ignore TDKR and BvS) Marvel has no "stakes" because they won't kill any heroes (just ignore that Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman will never die) Marvel has faceless armies (ignore SS and MoS) Marvel makes every movie a setup for future movies (ignore BvS) So the new one is: Marvel fans all issue death threats (just forget all about DC fans inventing this with TDKR) Impressive how much time DC fans spend thinking up fake complaints about Marvel. Cue William Shatner:  |
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Post by poelzig on Oct 27, 2017 2:27:26 GMT
Right, now go make the same obsessed and unbalanced comment about the DC fans who threatened a journalist for reporting the 121 minute run time for Justice League, you wouldn't want to be biased after all. I like said, you need to convince Admin to ban him. you keep doing exactly as weirdoraptor commands so will you now ask I be banned because I think being racist is bad? Raptor has always had a problem with me since I'm not white. You have done everything else he's asked so go demand I be banned for not being white. As far as me commenting about the DC nutcase fan, I can be biased since I'M MOT A MOD. You seem to have a lot of trouble with that concept. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2017 2:30:22 GMT
I like said, you need to convince Admin to ban him. you keep doing exactly as weirdoraptor commands so will you now ask I be banned because I think being racist is bad? Raptor has always had a problem with me since I'm not white. You have done everything else he's asked so go demand I be banned for not being white. As far as me commenting about the DC nutcase fan, I can be biased since I'M MOT A MOD. You seem to have a lot of trouble with that concept. Said the guy who always uses the term "goofy white kids" as if talking about lesser beings. You're the racist. You're the one that always plays the racism card as soon as you can. |
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Post by Lord Death Man on Oct 27, 2017 2:48:08 GMT
scabab you keep doing exactly as weirdoraptor commands so will you now ask I be banned because I think being racist is bad? Raptor has always had a problem with me since I'm not white. You have done everything else he's asked so go demand I be banned for not being white. As far as me commenting about the DC nutcase fan, I can be biased since I'M MOT A MOD. You seem to have a lot of trouble with that concept. Said the guy who always uses the term "goofy white kids" as if talking about lesser beings. You're the racist. You're the one that always plays the racism card as soon as you can. Wait, some of us here are not white? Hee hee hee... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2017 2:53:12 GMT
Said the guy who always uses the term "goofy white kids" as if talking about lesser beings. You're the racist. You're the one that always plays the racism card as soon as you can. Wait, some of us here are not white? Hee hee hee... And poelzig consistently acts like he's better than Caucasians because he somehow has more street cred. Really, the guy is just a bully who'll call any white person a racist. Even ones that are dating someone from a different ethnicity. And he's ignored the fact that I have a half-South American cousin I grew up with and that my brother-in-arm is black. |
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Post by formersamhmd on Oct 27, 2017 3:24:19 GMT
Said the guy who always uses the term "goofy white kids" as if talking about lesser beings. You're the racist. You're the one that always plays the racism card as soon as you can. Wait, some of us here are not white? Hee hee hee... I'm not, but when I told a FoX-Men fan he flipped out and said I must be white trash from the Deep South because of...reasons, I guess. EDIT: Now I remember, he flipped out because I pointed out that back in the 1960s and 1970s it was more meaningful to have good Russian/Soviet Comic book characters than Black ones due to the Cold War and that Nuclear War was a bigger problem than Racism in America. |
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Post by Lord Death Man on Oct 27, 2017 3:49:48 GMT
Wait, some of us here are not white? Hee hee hee... I'm not, but when I told a FoX-Men fan he flipped out and said I must be white trash from the Deep South because of...reasons, I guess.EDIT: Now I remember, he flipped out because I pointed out that back in the 1960s and 1970s it was more meaningful to have good Russian/Soviet Comic book characters than Black ones due to the Cold War and that Nuclear War was a bigger problem than Racism in America. Fox-Men fans typically bring this kind of unnecessary hate to the table in any discussion. It never fails. |
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Post by darkpast on Oct 27, 2017 3:51:22 GMT
Marvel fans are sick
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Post by Tristan's Journal on Oct 27, 2017 6:01:09 GMT
What pisses me off so royally is that it will need somebody to ACTUALLY get DEAD by MCU fans before somebody actually does something against it.
And then as always people and authorities will say "um, they always seemed quite normal - who could predicted THAT? Uh, I mean yeah they where not that bright and fanatical manchildren constantly starting fanboy wars, but nobody saw that coming right eh?" Riiight!
How many people will have to die and how many times must I tell you "I told you so" before people will start to act?
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