A paycheck is a paycheck, right? Orlando Bloom has gone on the record to defend the controversial HBO Max animation “The Prince,” which spoofs the royal family in the eyes of a rather sarcastic Prince George. A lot of Brits across the pond are up in arms over the series, as many critics believe mocking a child in wrong. However, Bloom believes that the show is not malicious at all. Here’s what you need to know.
The 12-episode series (now streaming) also features Orlando Bloom as Prince Harry and Sophie Turner as Princess Charlotte. Social media users reacting to the trailer criticized the show’s insensitive portrayal of Prince George, who is depicted as bratty and spoiled and strangely enough, is obsessed with Kelly Ripa. At one point, he even called his great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth a “bad bitch.”
Orlando Bloom Defends Controversial HBO Max Animation “The Prince”
If that weren’t enough, Kate Middleton is portrayed as an alcoholic, Camilla Parker-Bowles is a mute while Prince Harry doesn’t know what a fridge is.
Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter in a new interview, Bloom put it this way, “It’s not malicious or intended to be,” adding that the show’s frontrunner Gary Janetti has “really got his finger on the pulse. She’s so smart and so zeitgeisty.”
Of course, it didn’t take very long for critics to weigh in on the new series. Many of them took to social media to write, “I’ll probably watch at least on episode, but I can’t help but think that it’s morally wrong to include the children in something like this. We all know how cruel kids/teenagers can be – now if this show is successful, other kids will use it to mock and ridicule them for most of their schooling.”
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