The Jamie Lloyd Company has hit back after its production of Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet” has been the subject of what they call a “barrage of deplorable racial abuse” aimed at an unnamed cast member.

The play, directed by Jamie Lloyd (“Sunset Boulevard”), stars “Spider-Man: No Way Home” star Tom Holland as Romeo and Francesca Amewaduh-Rivers (“Sex Education”) as Juliet.

On Friday, the Jamie Lloyd Company issued a statement, saying: “Following the announcement of our ‘Romeo & Juliet’ cast, there has been a barrage of deplorable racial abuse online directed towards a member of our company. This must stop.”

  • WIZARD POPE💫
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    7 months ago

    Well yes but at the same time the original little mermaid is Danish and from like the 15th century or something.

    • @ABCDE
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      67 months ago

      So all the characters, including the fictional creatures, should be Danish? And speak Danish. And… Well, you get the idea.

      • WIZARD POPE💫
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        Never said that. It jus tmakes no sense to call the new movie a remake if you change stuff around

        • @ABCDE
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          47 months ago

          Change what around? It was originally a book.

          • WIZARD POPE💫
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            07 months ago

            The new remake of their cartoon The Little Mermaid. I know it was originaly a book and the mermaid dies at the end.

            • @ABCDE
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              27 months ago

              If it was remade, it would have been a cartoon.

    • @[email protected]
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      27 months ago

      I hate to break it to you but mermaids aren’t actually humans and their Vitamin D biology is probably completely different.

      The actual crimes committed in the live-action remake is the atrocious colour grading and the script.

      • WIZARD POPE💫
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        17 months ago

        And the cgi animals and the fact that the king probably sleeps around as each of his daughters is so different from the others.