Over at Cinematical, Todd Gilchrist has taken on the gift that keeps on giving: moronic junket journalists and their moronic queries. In a post titled “Dumbest Questions Abound at the ‘Orphan’ Junket,” Gilchrist rattles off the top five doozies, saving this nugget for last:
1. Are you ready to be hated by America for being this sinister antichrist of this film?
How anyone could casually ask a 12-year-old this question is incomprehensible, and inexcusable. I think there are legitimate and even good ways to ask this question, such as, “are you concerned at all that people might confuse you with this character?” or “do you worry that people might react to you negatively because of how scary your character is?” Amazingly, Isabelle Fuhrman managed to come up with the perfect answer, and provide the junket’s highest point just when it seemed like it was at its lowest:
“If America hates me, then I’ve done my job,” she said. “That’s the point of the movie!”
She should have then punched said journalist in the mouth, but there’s time.
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One response to “Not shocking, but still…wow”
Some of the other questions were pretty funny and stupid, but what’s wrong with this one? If you ask me, if you and/or your parents agree for you to be in an R-rated horror movie, and one in which you are ostensibly the main villain, I don’t think you have any right to complain about questions like this. If you aren’t able to handle it, then you probably shouldn’t have signed up for the movie.
On the bright side, she gave a good answer, so maybe she is able to handle it!