Armie Hammer just put a rando critic firmly in his place.
A crotchety Twitter denizen recently chastised the actor for appearing in age-gap romance Call Me By Your Name, which stars Hammer as a 24-year-old academic who enters a relationship with a 17-year-old named Elio.
The troll tweeted to Hammer:
“Wow, did you act in a film about pedophilia? Are you a pedophile? Do you promote such depravity? I was once a fan. Blech!!”
But Lee Ebbs probably didn’t anticipate that the star would write him back — but write him back he did.
How about we take this to the next level?
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You do know that you live in a state where the age of consent is 16, right….? Ok. Now shut up.
— Armie Hammer (@armiehammer) October 7, 2017
“You do know that you live in a state where the age of consent is 16, right…?” Hammer writes. “Ok. Now shut up.”
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This isn’t the first time Hammer has been criticized for appearing in the film.
Creaky Hollywood casualty James Wood claimed the film’s subject matter is “quietly chip[ping] away the last barriers of decency.”
Hammer responded to Woods, as well.
“Didn’t you date a 19-year-old when you were 60……?”
Moving on…
adam_stevens
Heterosexuals are prone to criticizing their gay kids for behaving like heterosexuals.
Juanjo
Yes they are, good point.
Donston
I have now seen the flick. Good movie. It’s a very pretty film but also very “polite” and not “groundbreaking” in any way (don’t expect this to be a turn-on). Just a well-made, well-acted coming-of-age picture that probably could have been better if it wasn’t so obsessed with being pleasant and easy to take. And it’s definitely not “depraved”. However, if a high profile movie about a 24 year old guy (who’s played by an actor who looks to be in his mid-twenties) falling for a 17 year old girl was put out today it would definitely be controversial. It would get more controversy than this is getting.
topsyturvy
I know it’s been a few (30) years but isn’t Baby in Dirty Dancing 17? And people didn’t seem to lose their minds when she and Johnny did the deed.
Donston
That movie tried to shield the age gap within the narrative with no one stating their actual ages. But I also said released today. Even in the sequels and remakes that followed Dirty Dancing they altered the ages between the leads and hired actors very close to the same age.
The age gap in this movie didn’t cause me much of any discomfort. But I didn’t think the two male leads had much romantic or sexual chemistry (one of the issues I had with ‘Brokeback’), which is mostly the screenplay fault. And no one is buying Hammer as 24. I was also disappointed that it was merely a solid, low key coming-of-age drama that was somewhat, quietly gay-ish until the final third. But it’s a good flick nonetheless.
OzJosh
C’mon, she was called “Baby”, was at a holiday camp with her parents and was screamingly naive. Her age couldn’t have been more obvious if she’d borrowed from The Sound of Music and sung I Am Sixteen Going On Seventeen.
As for Hammer, he looks 30, minimum. Which is roughly his real age.
Donston
If Dirty Dancing were released today was a hyped up “romance” that explicitly stated that “Baby” was 16/17 teen and Johnny was in his mid-twenties or older it would be a pretty controversial movie, especially if the Johnny was played by someone who looked quite a bit older than that. No doubt about it. There are plenty of things made thirty years ago that would get a much different reaction now. Some of the controversy here is homophobic. But it’s also receiving less controversy because people don’t want to be accused of being homophobic.
Herman75
I agree. It is not depraved or lascivious. Qwearty is at fault for claiming the 24 year old seduces the 17 year old. How we play into the hands of the haters sometimes!
Mike999
So does this fuss mean we can’t fead “Lolita” because it’s too depraved? The world has gone
mad. And Biblical scholars say that Mary was about 12 or 13 when Christ was born, so I guess that makes God a pedophile. Sheesh, people.
Donston
So, that’s your argument, your perspective? Using the Bible to justify pedophilia? Lordy. Also, Lolita is hardly a “love story”. It’s a story about two wayward sociopaths who use each other. I understand supporting this movie, but you’re feeding the haters more than anything else.
Herman75
17 is way different then 13. Really, 17 is way different than 16 for many boys. Elio was approaching his sexual peak. He went for it.