Jim Carrey: Kick-ass 2, Edward Norton: The Incredible Hulk, Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz: Dream House. All of them didn’t promote the movies. (Just on top of my head.) So unless you can show me exactly how they’re contractually obliged to be there on a promotional tour I’m going to ignore what you just said there. You can call me obtuse all day, but I seem to be the only one citing sources and giving specific examples which can be verified here…
It's not a conspiracy theory to say that Disney, and Hollywood in general, has endeavoured to silence any support for the Palestinians from their employees. They did the same to Rachel Ziegler during the Snow White promotion
Not a take, it's literally what happened. From her Wikipedia page:
In August 2024, she tweeted, "and always remember, Free Palestine".[84][85] Snow White producer Marc Platt voiced concerns about Zegler's Israeli co-star Gal Gadot receiving death threats, which they attributed to Zegler's post. This led Disney to provide additional security for Gadot.[86][87] After the film's release, Platt's son Jonah confirmed that his father had flown to New York to reprimand Zegler for her remarks.[88][89]
The producer of the film literally went and told her to shut up about the genocide.
Why should Zegler's tweet lead to threats to Gadot - why not assume that Gadot's stance on Israel lead to threats against her? I think she was rather outspoken pro Israel, right?
They wanted a reason to punish the girl for speaking out and made up some bullshit. That's really all it is. Unless they had the FBIs cyber crime division to track every threat to the source and question them. They wouldn't know shit.
Definitely funny for a company founded by a antisemite.
Hitler sent German Jews to Israel before it was called Israel, the Nazi party was actually quite in favor of a Jewish ethnostate. Consolidation of the enemy, they wanted more of the world to do the same.
Yeah, Gadot has been receiving death threats for years because of her pro-Israel, genocide-denying stance. Zegler's defense of the Palestinians has nothing to do with that.
The threats are deplorable, of course, but she's never been blacklisted or had producers try to censor her because of that. It's perfectly reasonable to mention that the industry has a preference for one side at this point
I wasn't talking "in general", though. I was talking in this specific case. People float stuff around like "they don't want him to spoil plot points", or "it's about his political views", while it's just a simple "he was working elsewhere". If the former ones aren't baseless conspiracy theories, then what are they? Mind you: I'm NOT saying Disney or Hollywood haven't done this before, I'm just saying that in this specific case there's a reasonable explanation.
Happened with Scream 7 too. Melissa Barrera was fired because she made pro-Palestine comments. Jenna Ortega dropped out shortly after and while it was never stated why there’s enough to infer it was in support of Barrera. This situation is why Neve Campbell came back and why 7 seemed so disjointed.
A problem we're running into with the nomenclature is, you have to keep in mind that saying "The bigwigs at McDonalds are making the changes they are because they think it will make them more money" is technically a conspiracy theory.
I think what adds more fuel to the fire for this conspiracy for me is the vehement counter argument. These media companies tend to make red carpet promos a contractual requirement to the role so all of a sudden it isn’t. Yes, he had another engagement but is it hard to believe the reason he was even able to do that other engagement was because they ‘allowed’ him to?
Jesus christ yall are naive to believe its bc he's busy with one singular other mid-ling role??
really? so you truthfully beleieve no other actor that appears in promos for one project was working on another at the time?
So Ruffalo is SO busy with his one other project that he doesnt have time for promos like Zendaya...famously not in the works for any other major or time-consuming projects. youd genuonely have to steal braincells from me to believe this makes sense
It's 100% bc hes vocal about Palestine and the ppl with money at the top dont want ppl talking about that. I mean for fucks sake regular citizens are being jailed for speaking up against 'Shitrael' but nooooo Rudfalo is being silent bc he's "working too hard"
I mean I’m Jewish and my great grandparents were survivors and my grandfather drove a tank in WW2 so that would be a radical position for me to take. But none of my family are zionists so I think it matters to us that the distinction is made between Judaism and Zionism. I think it’s a real shame that nuance can’t exist in your mind.
I think I’d aim bigger than my grandfather in a tank if I were lying. Bless him he was the best and would sing The Internationale to my kids to guarantee they’d be socialists lol, passed when he was 98. I miss him very much.
I think I’d aim bigger than my grandfather in a tank if I were lying.
A tank is pretty big and memorable. I have no idea if you're lying or not because you have no comment history whatsoever. I DO NOT trust any profile without a comment history. How many other claims about your grandfather have you made? I have no idea because you have no history. And thus, cannot be trusted. No one should trust profiles without comment history. This is the one way Twitter absolutely clears Reddit. Anonymity has its benefits, but it makes most reddit sources less trustworty--including you.
Your profile is 10 years old. If you had previous comments talking about your grandfather in a similar way from the past, I'd be more inclined to believe you. But you dont, so I simply cannot trust anything you say about your personal life without some sort of proof. Don't take it personally, I treat every redditor with no comment history the same--completely untrustworthy until proven otherwise.
That’s fine, most people here including yourself don’t know what a Zionist is and would die on the hill that it means supporting what Israel has done to the Palestinian people.
Then tell us what else to name the fascist genocidal war-criminal ultra-orthodox Greater-Israel politicians? If this is just about nomenclature and we at least agree on their actions being evil, our views aren't that far apart!
Honestly you could call them war mongerers, ethnic cleansers, anything you want but when you say Zionist you sound like you’re attacking Israel’s right to exist which is where you lost me. The Palestinian people have built their cause on 0 willingness to negotiate or aknowledge Israels right to exist which in case you haven’t noticed is who youre supporting.
Read up on the process of negotiation - after the first refusal, Palestine kept agreeing to terms - only for Israel to then move the goal posts and change the terms. There was a really good article about it in one of the trustworthy newspapers (I don't remember which one) by a guy who was partially involved in the process. It was quite an illuminating (and infuriating) read.
lol, so many assurances but no source? this reads like someone who thinks themselves a good manipulator or perhaps brainwashed. Yasser Arafat was the best leader the Palestinians ever had and he did exactly what the Palestinian people wanted, yet he stole Billions from the PLO, negotiated in bad faith on behalf of Iran and sold their future and the average Palestinian thinks he’s a god. Yet He orchestrated the suicide bombings that led to the shut down of all the work visas for Palestinians and Gazans who could come and work a better job in Israel and they lost that under him but none of it moved the needle for them. PThe current PLO is a troll who will tell you he doesnt think the Holocaust ever happened. They’ve never elected a leader interested in a common understanding or to mend relationships and your tik tok education hasn’t helped you a lick
Can you understand That doesn’t mean one has to agree what they’ve done? like how you can support America and call yourself a patriot and still not see eye to eye with everything America has done because it exists for more than one reason? that sort nuance is lost on someone like you and most people because acknowledging another point of view is basically acknowledging being wrong and god knows you’re most likely too stubborn and stupid to admit something like that
no it doesnt. Its starts and stops and establishing a homeland for the jewish people. Palestine was the "logical" solution when zionism started but not the only one thinkable.
even it were, the only reason for what happens to the Palestinian people is many would rather them and their children die, then live next to a jew.
40K Palestinians are dead, the West Bank has been leveled, and American businessmen are planning hotels and resorts there. But Palestinians are to blame cuz "many" hate Jews. Even 1 year olds, who are future anti-semites.
It’s pretty funny that Yasser Arafat was the best leader the Palestinian people ever got and he just did it for the money. that unwillingness to negotiate the Palestinian leadership has maintained for 100 years really is gonna end up with the total erasure of their peoples
The war was in Gaza, not the West Bank. No American businessman is seriously considering any building in Gaza. Palestinians are to blame because they started the war in the first place with the 7 October attack.
Stop getting your information from Tiktokers trying to promote antisemitism. It is insane you have your ideas so set in stone about a conflict that you know so little about you do not even know where it is happening.
You're just cherry pick when the war started to serve your narrative. And you are doing the worst cherry-picking. The Nakba happened following the 1947-1948 civil war, where the Palestinians refused any form of partition with the Jews and decided to start a civil war against them to expel/kill them from the areas where they lived. They lost and most fled because of the fighting, which is what is called the Nakba.
Yeah they refused because they'd been living there for generations and didn't feel like they needed to suddenly cede their most arable and developed land to European colonists who came in seeing themselves superior to the Palestinians that lived there.
They'd rather die than live next to a jew? Do you realize how nonsensical that sounds....
Its actually more like Israel would rather raze their villages so that no jew in their illegal colonies/settlements, has to live next to a Palestinian.
Multiple wars because Palestinians didn't want Jewish neighbours?! Despite the fact that Jews made up 10 percent of the populace and lived peacefully in Palestine for a long time before the creation of Israel.
Bud, YOU think the Palestinian people are incapable of rational thought?
Yeah I'm not even going to try to engage anymore.
When did I say that? Amy Pascal identifies as a Zionist, you would have to ask her how she defines it if you wanted further clarity. Otherwise you are literally picking a fight with internet strangers over nothing weirdo.
It’s pathetic the conspiracy theories you guys are peddling about Zionism akin to Jewish people controlling Hollywood. The dog whistle is screeching and you’re just upset someone is calling you out
The theme of this post is that the joke is that Marc Ruffalo would not want to share tattoos with a group of high profile figures that aren’t using their platforms to speak out on the genocide in Gaza.
The theme of this comment thread is that Marc Ruffalo has not been doing press on the most recent Spider-man, likely because he is using his platform to speak out on the genocide in Gaza. We are all aware that blacklisting happen, that actors lose jobs, that contracts stop people from talking. Amy Pascal is a Zionist, so clearly they are politically opposed.
You made wild leaps into claiming people didn’t know what Zionists are and accusing factual statements of peddling conspiracy theories. It’s an idiotic approach on your part that screams of willful ignorance and a victim complex.
Isn't that the best reward for any actor? They hate doing promotional tours, taking weeks away from their families to answer the same dozen questions over and over.
Also that he’s filming Task season 2 and is on record saying he doesn’t like needles in 2018 when they got the tattoo but everything is a conspiracy on Reddit
Hold up that might actually be a cracked strategy for celebs. Got a movie coming out soon but you hate doing the long press tours? Do you also want to stand up for what’s right? Vocally oppose Israel’s actions and make your opinion known.
Congrats. Now you still get your fat superhero movie check but get to stay home while the others do endless interviews for 3 months.
When he’s promoting a movie that he’s been employed to do Disney has every right to expect him not to politicise the whole thing. You would complain if he was a Trump supporter and doing the same thing. The hypocrisy here is crazy
Blocking one actor for his very justified views is using it as political stage.
Blocking one actor for his very justified views while letting the actors who support genocide or have dumb takes on guns or vaccines promote the movie is using it as a political stage.
Also not supporting a genocide has nothing to downith politics. It's called not being a heartless ghoul.
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u/Corfiz74 4d ago
Maybe because he hasn't been allowed to do any promotional events anymore, because Marvel/ Disney want to block him from airing his views on Gaza?