Followers are petitioning producers behind a film adaptation of the hit musical Depraved to not solid James Corden.
The petition, posted on Change.org and addressed on to Common which is producing the movie, has racked up over 21,000 signatures already. The petition states merely: “James Corden on no account form or type ought to be in or close to the manufacturing of Depraved the film… that’s just about it.”
Corden was trending on social media over the weekend after main casting bulletins have been made for the Depraved film with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande enjoying leads Elphaba and Glinda, respectively.
The enmity in direction of Corden stems from his ubiquity in current stage to display variations of beloved musicals, together with his flip in Tom Hooper’s broadly panned Cats, Ryan Murphy’s The Promenade, Rob Marshall’s Into the Woods and Amazon’s lately launched Cinderella.
Corden’s promo work for Cinderella, which he additionally co-produced, raised the ire of social media after a clip of the Brit star wearing a rat costume thrusting his groin at unsuspecting commuters caught in L.A. visitors went viral.
Common’s Depraved film has been within the works since 2004, a yr after the billion-dollar grossing musical debuted on Broadway. The film is about to be directed by Within the Heights and Loopy Wealthy Asians filmmaker Jon M. Chu and begins manufacturing within the U.Ok. in June 2022.
