Actor Benedict Cumberbatch said that he had to apologize many times to play non -binary characters as a gag of the movie “Zoolander 2”.
Diversity has been reported In the Marvel movie, Doctor Strange and the most well -known Cumber Batch are involved in playing a non -binary fashion model named “All” in the sequel to “Zoolander”. It was.
In the comedy of 2016, two protagonists, played by Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, meet a character named “All” and ask questions immediately. The character is a shaved eyebrow and a bic.
“Everything is not defined by binary construct,” says the Cumberbatch character.
The Benedict Cumberbatch will arrive at the 28th Annual Screen Actor Gild Award, which will be held on Sunday, February 27, 2022 in Santa Monica, California in the Barker hangar. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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“It's cool, I don't like labels either,” says Wilson's character. “But he has a hot dog or bread? Do you have a winner or a” beiginer “? I think you are asking. “
The other troublesome moment of featuring this character was blamed by a liberal critic.
“I had to apologize a lot about it. It's difficult to speak,” said Cumberbatch. “I loved the group of those people and had a chance to be part of something. [in Zoolander] For the first time, it was symbolic and I was a big fan. But it became complicated and misunderstood, and I was upset by people. I respect it, so I will probably never do it again. “
As pointed out by the variety, the petition was circulated at the time, 25,000 supporters gathered, and called “Zoolander 2” to “Boycott” for non -binary personal expressions! “
Ben Stiller's movie “Zoolander”. Looking here, Ben Stiller (as Derek Zoolander). Theatrical released on September 28, 2001. Screen capture. Paramount photo. (CBS via Getty Image)
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“The Camber Batch character is clearly depicted as an Androgin/Trans/Non -binary personal over the top and a manga -like OCK laugh,” said the petition. “This is a modern age to use black face to represent a minority.”
petition “If Zoolander producers and scriptwriters want to provide a social commentary on the existence of an individual in the transformer in the fashion industry, he may have been able to approach a model like Andreja Pejic in a movie. This movie supports the harmful and dangerous perception of the strange community to play non -binary individuals in a clear way.
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Variety also remembered in 2022 when Cumberbatch said in 2022, “It would never be done by anyone other than the transformer in this era.”
He said, “But I remember that I didn't always think about it in that respect, and I understand this new diverse world about two dinosaurs, two hetero -rule complaints. Not a little retreat.
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