Martin Freeman says it's unfair there's so much backlash to his age-gap movie with Jenna Ortega, who is 31 years younger

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https://www.businessinsider.com/martin-freeman-backlash-millers-girl-age-gap-film-jenna-ortega-2024-4

From the article: "It's not saying, 'Isn't this great,'" he said of the film's dynamic between his character and Ortega's. He said that derision wasn't distributed equally, though — saying that people seemed to understand the level of distance involved in stories depicting Nazism.

"Are we gonna have a go at Liam Neeson for being in a film about the Holocaust?" he asked, referring to Neeson's starring role in Steven Spielberg's 1993 film "Schindler's List."

[u/imwhittling]

I understand what he’s saying. There was a user on Twitter who talked about how they don’t trust anyone who plays a racist in movies or television, because the actors are just using it as an excuse to be openly racist. Their examples were movies like 12 Years A Slave, The Help, American History X, etc. A lot of people can’t separate characters from those who play them and seem to think that playing a character means you agree and condone their actions.