The first trailer for Addison Rae’s acting debut in He’s All That has officially dropped,
buuut it seems as though critics are on high alert, including actress Jameela Jamil, who
had some thoughts on the upcoming film.
Let’s get into it.
There is ALWAYS room for another trashy teen romcom to fill our hearts with false hope
that this is how a TRUE love connection is formed, and it seems Addison Rae has just
the ticket.
The trailer for the upcoming She’s All That remake has officially dropped as we see Addison’s
character set to seek revenge on her lying, cheating boyfriend by taking on the seemingly
impossible task of giving a head-to-toe makeover to the closet hottie who keeps to himself.
“There’s more to you than what you let everyone see.”
“And what if I like it that way?”
Based on every other teen romcom, we all know where this leads, as Addison’s character
begins to fall for her new project, to which MAJOR drama ensues and he finds out that a
bet was in place the entire time.
Oh and the fact that Addison’s bestie Kourtney Kardashian makes a cameo is most definitely
the icing on the cake…
Critics and fans alike have been harping on
the film for everything from the acting to the storyline to the use of social media stars
in place of real actors specifically for better promotion.
One user tweeted, “I just watched the trailer for He's All That with Addison Rae and it's
so bad.
Who even said she can act???
I hate the fact that directors use social media stars that have nothing to do with acting
just to get publicity.
I hate TikTokers.”
But one comment came from actress Jameela Jamil and has especially gained attention
for her unabashed honesty.
She tweeted on Wednesday QUOTE, “This looks objectively f**king terrible.
Which means *everyone* is going to watch it and it’s going to be number 1.”
On one hand, Jameela does have a point, but on the other, many were quick to assume that
she was outraged or being out of line when it came to judging a movie before it was even
released to the public.
One user fired back at Jameela, asking, “How does rudely critiquing a teenage girl for
doing her job align with your feminist views?”
Others were quick to slam her performance in The Good Place as not much better than
what they had just witnessed in the He’s All That trailer.
Although it’s important to note that Jameela didn’t specifically mention Addison nor
any of the characters and that it was just an observation, it clearly didn’t come off
that way to many news outlets who began taking note of her opinion.
Jameela has since fired back to the Daily Mail in particular, reposting their article
on her Instagram and recalled her own Instagram highlight reel of all the times the media
gaslights women.
After Jameela claimed she “joked” about fans bringing the film to number 1, she said,
“This got turned into a serious attack from me, as if I actually give a flying f**k about
a teen rom com.
I’m IN a cheesy teen rom com coming out later in the year which people will probably
also bemoan.
Who cares?
These movies are not supposed to be Shakespeare.
Jameela continued to explain why the outlet’s post infuriates her, adding QUOTE, “It’s
a designed tactic to turn everything I say into serious hysteria, SO THAT it dilutes
my “outrage” across so many subjects so that when I speak about things that actually
MATTER.”
She explained in another tweet that people will “succumb to the hate watching peer
pressure,” and that, “We ignore great art and publicize stuff like this with our
hatred, and then it becomes number 1, and then studios green light more films just like
it.
This is definitely a much bigger conversation to be had than the acting in a cheesy teenage
romcom, but for now, it seems Jameela’s words were not in malicious intent.
Annnd let’s face it: bad acting or not, we will ALL be tuning into the release of
He’s All That on Netflix come August 27th!
For all the details on another gig Addison was widely criticized for, click right over
here for another Clevver News video.
Then hop to the comments and let me know all your thoughts on Addison’s upcoming movie
role and if you think Jameela’s prediction sounds about right.
As always, I’m your host Renee Ariel!
You can follow me on socials @ReneeAriel and I’ll ya next time.