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Ayo Edebiri ‘got insane death threats’ after Elon Musk shared fake report about Pirates of the Caribbean casting

www.theguardian.com Ayo Edebiri ‘got insane death threats’ after Elon Musk shared fake report about Pirates of the Caribbean casting

The Bear actor called Musk a fascist and an idiot after his reaction to a post from a rightwing account that claimed she was replacing Johnny Depp

Summary

Ayo Edebiri said she received "insane death threats" after Elon Musk shared a false report claiming she would replace Johnny Depp in a Pirates of the Caribbean reboot.

The rumor, posted by a right-wing account with no industry ties, was never confirmed by credible sources. Musk, who commented “Disney sucks,” amplified the hoax.

Edebiri later called Musk an idiot and a fascist for promoting fascist right-wing rhetoric.

Meanwhile, producer Jerry Bruckheimer confirmed a reboot is in development but did not confirm Depp’s involvement.

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They want a movie reboot but with the same actors?

Even if true, how fucked up in the head do you have to be to make death threats for an actor to play a role in a movie that is pure fiction.
Don't like it, DON'T WATCH IT!
Fucking neck-beards paladin' the dumbest things for "canon".
- Not to detract from your point but did you substitute "paladin" for "champion"?
  It also has an apostrophe at the end like it's slang for "palading". And I don't understand either move.
  
  peddlin', probably. Autocorrect is that 'friend' that acts all sweet until your back is turned.
- This sort of thing is frighteningly common. The first two instances that come to mind for me are both Star Wars films: Ahmed Best after The Phantom Menace and Kelly Marie Tran after The Last Jedi.

the owner of the original account said: “I clearly stated ‘reportedly’ because it was the latest information coming from credible Hollywood sources. And yes, I am a HUGE fan and supporter of Mr Musk. He has my loyalty for LIFE, and I don’t say that lightly.”
That's fuckin' weird bro. Fuckin' weird. Back in my day we used to call those kind of people flunkies and bootlickers.
- Or it could be another of Musk's sock puppets. Kissing his own ass is one of his favorite hobbies.
- And yes, I am a HUGE fan and supporter of Mr Musk. He has my loyalty for LIFE, and I don’t say that lightly.”
  Ok fucking what? Did this dude implant Neuralinks in half the US population without anyone's knowledge?
  What an insane fucking thing to say.
  
  If every accusation is an admission of guilt and the weirdos kept accusing Gates of implementing microchips in the vaccines then...
  Oh God 😐
- Today we call them simps and glazers
  
  Updates Millennial vocabulary...
- That’s the bottom line, isn’t it? Everyone deserves one's respect, no one deserves one's worship.

Kinda want her to get the role now just so these assholes don't see Depp or somebody else in the new movie and think that they had a hand in saving Hollywood from the evil forces of woke. Satisfaction is not permitted.
- And give full credit to musk and his sad little fanboy. "Thank you for this idea, we would never have considered her, but now we're all in!"

Actually changing Jack Sparrow to a female would be an amazing change. Why? Because it's different.
Imagine a drunk, female Jane Sparrow sailing around having grand adventures. Throw in some cute but sexy outfits. Sign me up.
Regular reboot with some guy? Probably skipping it because it doesn't excite me. It's just a reboot.
- The franchise isn’t called Jack Sparrow. It’s called Pirates of the Caribbean, based off a theme park ride which, as far as I know, has no named characters. The main character could be any pirate.
  But maybe make her name less derivative… like Judy Pigeon or something… ;)
  
  The theme park ride always had Jack Sparrow as the only named character, even before the movies.
  
  Maybe the first movie but nearly every subsequent one is basically the jack sparrow show.
  
  This counter-troll from Disney would slightly redeem them in my eyes 😂
- Wasn't that Penelope Cruz's character, more or less?
- Grainne O'Malley!
  
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2766800/
  https://variety.com/2025/film/global/kirsten-sheridan-film-irish-grace-o-malley-1236313785/

The level of utter derangement people have over mainstream cinema (marvel, star wars, franchise, action slop, disney remakes) being 'tainted' by a raceswap, or being 'woke' in some way is off the scales.
There are genuinely people crying themselves to sleep over the perceived quality of the entertainment equivalent of happy meals. There's an entire caustic critic industry over it. It's honestly pathetic how so many people have MCU Derangement syndrome.
- I suspect many of those same people do not have healthy relationships with women and are quite rude to their mothers.
- It’s because they buy in to shit like The Great Replacement Theory.
- Right? Imagine if The Wiz came out today.
  People like to say, "you couldn't make that today" when they see something that they perceive as being "anti-woke" (they're almost always wrong, of course).
  I feel like they literally could not make The Wiz today without people like this losing their shit.

As opposed to sane death threats against her?
- She's a successful black actress, they unfortunately come with the territory. I imagine they hit differently when they're coming from actual Nazis though
  (This was meant to be a joke but it kinda just made me sad as I was typing it)

Pretty sure Depp has said he's not willing to take on the role again. Obviously Disney would have to cast someone else.
Sending them death threats is insane. Grow up people...

Johnny Depp has insane fans, that's also a cult, so hos cult in combination with the maga cult fans, I'm not surprised.

Ok can we cut the shit here?
We can agree that derranged humans exist on both sides of the fence. So... No one makes these derranged threats at Elon??
Really?
Either the death threats were generated by Grok or Elon suddenly grew thick skin.
I'm not saying crazies aren't out there making derranged death threats. They are. I've seen it with my own two eyes
But this? This is retaliatory, and seems at least if not accurate then editorialized to make me believe she's getting, like, more than is statistically normal (ew). And from a guy with a fancy LLM in his assets??? Call it speculation, it is, but something smells like shit.
- Can you explain what you are talking about? Are you implying Musk used some AI to... Make accounts and have those accounts threaten an actress after he reposted a false report about her? What?
  
  Yes.
  With unfettered access to something like groks API, musk could literally effortlessly unleash an infinite stream of email account creation and death threats from those emails addresses to further his agenda, feelings, ego, etc.
- Not sure what an LLM has to do with this. Anyone can make a death threat? And anyone can use an LLM to do it I guess.
  
  They indicate a large volume of death threats.
- It's your opinion that smells like shit.

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