Disney's silence on the harassment The Acolyte's main star faced still doesn't sit well with some of its cast.
have spoken about their feelings on the show’s end after a single season, and now it’s Jodie Turner-Smith that had some words on the matter–and they’re not kind toward Disney., who pulled double duty as the twins—to deal with weeks of racist abuse on their own. Speaking bluntly, she said studios “have got to stop doing this thing where they don’t say anything when people are getting fucking dog-piled on the internet with racism and bullshit.
Speaking about Stenberg specifically, Turner-Smith had glowing praise for the young actor, who she said “handed me an essay on their character. The Virgo in me was just like, ‘Yass, I’m living for this!’ Amandla put so much care and thought and love into that, and it’s disappointing to feel like your studio is not having your back in a very public-facing way.
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