Once the film has been released and arrived on Netflix USA, Martin Freeman talks about Miller’s Girl, criticizing those who protested about the hot scenes between him and Jenna Ortega, who have a 31 year age difference.
Some of you will remember the controversy sparked by the film Miller’s Girlin which a professor played by Martin Freeman, and therefore fifty years old, gave in to the amorous flattery of one of his eighteen year old students. Fans of the female protagonist, which she was Jenna Ortega, much loved after the series Wednesday, they had been scandalized by some hot scenes in which they were involved and had protested because there was too many years of difference between the two actors and also the two characters. It was the director who defended the film Jade Alley Bartlettwho had said, among other things:
I think it’s understandable that people react in a certain way. My hope is that he understands that things are deeper than that. I think it’s dangerous to continue to portray women as perfect victims, because it doesn’t allow us any range of action.
Now taking the side of Miller’s Girl is Martin Freeman himself, who for us will always be Holmes from the Sherlock series and Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit trilogy.
Martin Freeman has his say on the hot scenes of Miller’s Girl
In an interview with the Times, Martin Freeman he therefore took the side of Miller’s Girl, saying that it is a film with its own maturity and many nuances. He added that the fact that we are talking about a relationship between two people with a 31 year difference does not mean inviting viewers to imitate the protagonists of the film.
Freeman he reminded his interlocutor that many films that deal with uncomfortable topics have been misinterpreted or not understood, after which he mentioned Schindler’s List saying no one thought that Liam Neeson sympathized with the Nazis because Oscar Schindler he was a member of the party:
Should we blame Liam Neeson just because he starred in a film about the Holocaust?
When Miller’s Girl arrived in US theaters, the Daily Mail published a long interview with Kristina Arjona, coordinator of intimacy on set. The woman stated that Jenna Ortega she hadn’t been forced to do anything she didn’t want to do and that everyone on set had tried to make her feel comfortable. She herself had spoken at length with the Ortega And Freeman how they wanted to shoot the nude scenes so that certain body parts could or could not be seen.
Self Martin Freeman he’s back to talking about Miller’s Girl it’s because the film recently arrived on Netflix USA.
