Just a week after the cancellation Novicehis actress Amanda Stenberg He finally reacted to this news. The girl who played the twins osha And May It won’t be able to continue its story. Disney hastily closed the project after it failed to attract the necessary audience. Moreover, the boycott and hate campaign unleashed by the most ultra-conservative and reactionary circles did not help the series to win the hearts of the rest of the fans either.
Now, Stenberg He posted several stories on his Instagram profile, explaining how he felt. And above all, she wanted to be honest with her followers. “I’ll be honest and say that it didn’t come as a big surprise to me,” laments the actress, who attributes it to the radical comments that Novice They lived week after week. “From the moment the show was announced, we were faced with a barrage of toxicity… a barrage of, I would say, hyper-conservative intolerance and toxicity, prejudice, hatred, and hate speech directed at us,” he recalls.
In his days Stenberg He has already released a song against the indiscriminate attacks he has been subjected to. “It affected me a lot when I first got the job. Because although I expected it to happen, you can’t fully understand it until it happens to you,” he admits. Despite this, little by little he was able to overcome it. “I feel like I have overcome these feelings in many ways, including expressing them in my own way. At a certain point, it became undeniable to me that in order to remain myself, I would have to respect my value system and express myself in the context of working at Disney,” he adds to his argument.
For example, an actress Dafne Keen He told us at Hipertextual that Stenberg and she sent each other the worst comments about her from secret Twitter accounts. Novice laugh at them. “The truth is that we hope that what we have done will change some people’s minds. And we take it with great humor,” the Madrid native commented.
Thanks to the fans
More, Amanda Stenberg He also wanted to thank all the true galactic followers who expressed their support. Novice“It was an incredible honor and a dream come true to be in this universe. Of course, I’m very sad that the show was cancelled… I just want those people who supported us in this way and with their own voices, despite all the toxicity we received and the targeted attacks from the far right, to know that you were deeply loved and appreciated, and that’s what made this job worthwhile for me,” he concludes.
The truth is, this is not a hate campaign, Novice It was well received. Professional reviews were positive and many fans supported the series. There is currently an active campaign asking Disney to change its decision. The truth is that it seems complicated and the story of the series, which ended with an open ending, will not be continued. And if it does, it will be in comic book or novel format. In fact, two prequels have already been announced.
Source: Hiper Textual
