" Being pessimistic on a motion picture that has n’t been out yet but praised by critic is just disappointing . "
You knowMena Massoud— he played the title character in Disney’s 2019 live-action remake ofAladdin.
Well, he’s currently under fire for a comment he made about the upcoming live-action version ofThe Little Mermaid.
The tweet — and his actual account — have since beendeleted, but it reportedly came in response to this tweet about howTheLittle Mermaidwas on track to earn more thanAladdindid in its opening weekend.
‘ THE LITTLE MERMAID ’ is tracking to earn $ 115 M on its domestic loge office curtain raising weekend . In comparing , ‘ ALADDIN ’ earned $ 112 M on its opening.pic.twitter.com/vpIoYcYcQ2
Mena wrote that, unlikeAladdin,The Little Mermaidprobably won’t “cross the billion mark” because there won’t be enough returning viewers, but that it still “will undoubtedly get a sequel.”
Which obviously did not go over well on social media.
Some fans felt that Mena was “bitter” becauseThe Little Mermaidwas on pace to outperformAladdin.
sir you ’re being bitter cuz the movie is doing way better than aladdin despite it not even being out yet … 😶 https://t.co / GArEn2KPbFpic.twitter.com / tek2I0U7ej
They also brought up howThe Little Mermaidgenerally seems to be, like, wayy more popular thanAladdinin response to his claim that people may not return to see it.
The OG Little Mermaid is like 3X more loved than OG Aladdin , I think that ’ll play into the box office.https://t.co/nu00v6GAHE
It got really bad.
i get it on aladdin and literally on top 5 of my most fave disney remake . being pessimistic on a movie that has n’t been out yet but praise by critics is just unsatisfying . i m so disappointed in youhttps://t.co/Rrpx0ZIRRx
mena massoud being bitter and racist cuz aladdin ’s will not be getting a sequel after all and little mermaid is considered the best disney springy action film without being formally released 🫠
We watched Aladdin bc it was Covid and Will Smith was in it , we would ’ve paid it junk otherwise.https://t.co/Q0j960lumP
So far, Mena hasn’t responded to the backlash, but we’ll let you know if he does!
