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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Comments

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

That's pretty well how I handle 99 percent of what I watch. I sort of feel like these fans ought to be glad they don't have an actor in their fandom who has the kind of past Craig does ...

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

Good God, yes. If Craig was in a show that's huge on Tumblr like "Sherlock", there would be people convinced he's some kind of monster. Based on stuff that's either not true or happened two decades ago. :/

Chris and Danny wouldn't get off scot-free either, although Robert might.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Robert knows the temperature of fandom, too, as active as he's been on Twitter for a while, plus he's naturally apologetic. I'm pretty sure Craig and Danny would get away with certain things because there are fans too afraid to call a non-white actor on their comments. Chris and some of his politics would likely get the most shit, despite the fact he's been known to say things agreeing with equality of the sexes, for example. I'm just as happy they're obscure too.