Originally posted by: asmaanixx
Re: Actors & Fans
It's not necessary that every actor has the same attitude towards the fans. Since there was discussion going on about Helly and Tejaswi's approach, I'll put out another example.
In the show The Flash, a similar fanwar has been going on for years now between fans of Candice Patton (who plays Iris West) and Danielle Panabaker (who plays Caitlin Snow). The argument has been the usual about ships, but the fans take it too far by getting personal. Let's say a Snowbarry (Caitlin/Barry) fan expresses their love for the ship, WestAllen (Barry/Iris) fans will start accusing them of being racist because they wanted to see a white ship over an interracial one.
Things have gotten far and ugly both between fans (calling each other really disgusting names, doxxing each other, sending death threats, pushing someone off social media permanently etc.), as well as with the actors. The actors see all this hate and it in some regards affects their personal relationships as well.
Some fans have even accused Grant Gustin (who plays Barry Allen, the main lead of the show) for being a horrible person because he has never stood up for Candice and all the hate that she gets.
Then, there are those who believe that Grant had the hots for Candice and they'll pull up all these receipts to prove the fact. When he got married, they went after his wife so hard to prove how they're not really happy, it's all for a show, and this and that.
My point is that fans go TOO FAR.
These people are ACTORS. That's it. Their job is to act. Not control what people say or think. Even if they do tell people to stop sending hate, it won't matter because at the end of the day people are still going to do whatever they want. Grant or Tejaswi could have shouted at the top of their lungs for their fans to stop sending hate and it still would have done nothing.
They're there to do a job. Once it's over, they'll move onto the next.
Fans seriously need to get a grip over themselves if they think they're entitled to anything that these actors do. It's because of these stupid, petty fights that shows and relations get ruined.