Sherlock fangirls ...?

[veronica_rich]

I was listening to a podcast and one of the speakers made the remark about Martin Freeman, "I guess if you want to like him as an actor, you really shouldn't learn anything about him as a person" and also referred to him as a douchebag.

So I'm asking you lot, what has this person done to be an awful human being? I don't keep up with actors' lives as a rule. And I'm not a fangirl, I just like watching "Sherlock" and he was ok in "The Hobbit" (despite my myriad issues with plot, i.e. why three movies, why the singing, why don't the eagles show up earlier and stay longer, etc.). I'm merely curious what the speaker is referencing, because to get me to say something like that sort of requires a Roman Polanski or O.J. Simpson, someone who's raped or murdered or drowned kittens for funsies. I'm not wild about Johnny Depp and I still would think that's kind of a strong statement about him - I mean, I'm just meh. But "you shouldn't learn anything about him as a person" seems strong feeling.

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[joyful-molly.livejournal.com]

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Not listed, as far as I can tell, is how he helped his partner avoiding paying taxes. I guess that wasn't social justicy enough for the fandom.

His comments about Lucy Liu caused the biggest shitstorm. Because sexistracistsomg. Just like it would be sexistomg if I said "oh Gods, yes, Orlando Bloom, that's one ugly dog, I'd so suffer being stranded on a desert island with him."

Edit: personally, I'm not overly fond of him; but it's more because I think he's a bit of a pretentious twit. But then it's difficult to find anybody these days who isn't.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

He's a British actor - no offense, but there are several of those and always have been, LOL. Except for the guys on Red Dwarf; it's hard to be pretentious when you have no pants ...