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Benedict Cumberbatch Says ‘I Upset People’ With ‘Zoolander 2’ Non-Binary Role and ‘Wouldn’t Do That Again’: ‘I’ve Had to Apologize Quite a Lot’
Benedict Cumberbatch admits he "upset people" by playing a non-binary character in "Zoolander 2," a decision he would not make again.
If the producers wanted to provide social commentary on the presence of trans/androgyne individuals in the fashion industry, they could have approached models like Andreja Pejic to be in the film. By hiring a cis actor to play a non-binary individual in a clearly negative way, the film endorses harmful and dangerous perceptions of the queer community at large.” Stiller has admitted in past interviews that “Zoolander 2″ flopping at the box office was “not a great experience,” and he said on David Duchovny’s “Fail Better” podcast last year that he was blindsided by the disastrous results.
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