Sad to see the outcome of the negative side of fandom and the collateral damage it can cause when a movie is taken far too seriously and the vitriol is showered on an actor:
Star Wars: Jar Jar Binks actor Ahmed Best considered suicide
I will be the first to admit that I could not (and still cannot) stand the character; however, I never transferred that dislike to the actor. Obviously, there were a lot of fans who transferred their feelings onto the shoulders of the actor and that’s a heavy burden to carry, I imagine.
It sounds very similar to what happened to Jake Lloyd.
Star Wars: Jar Jar Binks actor Ahmed Best considered suicide
I will be the first to admit that I could not (and still cannot) stand the character; however, I never transferred that dislike to the actor. Obviously, there were a lot of fans who transferred their feelings onto the shoulders of the actor and that’s a heavy burden to carry, I imagine.
It sounds very similar to what happened to Jake Lloyd.
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