(07-12-2024, 08:30 PM)Hap Shaughnessy wrote: https://www.resetera.com/threads/captain-america-brave-new-world-official-teaser-feb-14-2025-anthony-mackie-harrison-ford-giancarlo-esposito.925650/page-8?post=125729433#post-125729433
PhoenixAKG wrote:Sabra's actress was exempt from joining the IDF but still joined anyway and is posting Israeli propaganda in the war......passNot many people seem to care, for some reason.
Khanimus wrote:Quote:Well, if things were different nobody would've said anything, they could've changed the character's background like they did now and everyone would've been happy. But yeah, they invited the problem in a first place and people will only get more vocal by the time of release.By all accounts they have changed the character's backstory. But even so, the question remains why cast this character at all? Even when the news hit of who this was, it was a bad look. People sympathetic to Palestine were already grossed out. Marvel could've given her role any filler name, but they chose to make this pull. And now in the wake of the last 9 months, even divorced of the actress' own shitty views, people are going to be giving extra scrutiny to this, whether or not the actual role in the movie even warrants conversation.
Quote:You're right on all accounts. Playing the devil's advocate I think Disney wanted a strong Jewish character that isn't either a psychotic, face peeling, former mercenary or genocidal supermutant but Sabra was definitely a wrong choice in the current climate even before Gaza became a graveyard. I think in the mind of execs it was the right kind of representation because shows like Fauda were doing decently well just a couple of years ago. I can only guess that they minimized her actual role in the movie, then again, Tomer Capone is just as bad if not worse in his support as Haas (on top of being a much worse actor) and he is still big part of the Boys, so, we'll see.
Quote:wtf yeah fuck this movie
IrishNinja wrote:yeah, pretty gross & i'm guessing they're hoping it's less of a big deal next year when most folks have "moved on" from the genocide
still an absolutely boneheaded move, definitely won't be catching this one in theaters
Quote:Apparently they did change her background from being a Mossad agent to a former Black Widow, but it doesn't really matter because of who plays the character.
Khanimus wrote:They're absolutely hoping this "blows over" which doesn't change why they included the character in the first place.
Fj0823 wrote:I have absolutely no idea where this "Sabra is an IDF soldier in the film" is coming from.
The character is named Ruth, she's an Ex-Red Room Black Widow who now works for the CIA.
The character was reported by leakers to be Sabra very early during the movie's production but was changed into Ruth early on.
This was NOT hastily changed in the recent reshoots as a response to controversy, you could see "Ruth" toys that went out in Happy Meals way before the reshoots started.
Now if the problem is the actress herself, that's fair. But the movie does not have an IDF supporting character and likely never did. Leakers should always be taken with a grain of salt.
Quote:I just heard about Sabra. She's going to ruin the film.Lot of posts by "allies" like Neoxon, ZeoVGM, BossAttack, Slayven, etc. in this thread all of them avoiding this.
