Actor and screenwriter Justin Theroux responded to transgender critics of the trailer for “Zoolander 2,” which he co-wrote, saying a proposed boycott of the film “hurts my feelings.”
An online petition has received over 20,000 signatures since late November calling for a protest of the film and studio Paramount, after a trailer for the Ben Stiller movie featured the character “All,” an androgynous model played by Benedict Cumberbatch. Protesters labeled the character “an over-the-top, cartoonish mockery.”
During an interview with TheWrap to discuss the season finale of his HBO drama ‘The Leftovers” Theroux said the Cumberbatch scene was taken out of context and that petition signers lack an understanding of satire.