I am so pissed at the dickhead John Carney. I was previously a fan - admired Once, loved Begin Again. But then he goes and gives an interview where he degrades Keira Knightley by calling her a supermodel who cannot act while he praises his male cast like Mark Ruffalo and Adam Levine. (Adam freaking douchebag extraordinaire Levine!!!) What the hell is he on? Did he watch his own movie? Keira Knightley was the best thing about Begin Again! And she is so wonderful in so many movies in her twice Oscar-nominated, twice BAFTA-nominated career. Pride And Prejudice, Imitation Game, Atonement, Never Let Me Go, Love Actually, Anna Karenina, A Dangerous Method, Bend It Like Beckham, and so on... In fact, she should have been nominated for Begin Again - that's how good she was in it. To publicly trash her acting and reduce her to a supermodel is just plain misogynistic. (Not that there's anything about being a supermodel, obviously, but that's just not what she is.)
What makes this worse is, I really was looking forward to watching John Carney's new movie Sing Street. It looks completely charming, and it's the type of movie I would love. Argh.
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