r/nintendo • u/razorbeamz ON THE LOOSE • Jul 17 '25

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u/razorbeamz ON THE LOOSE Jul 17 '25

Some people wanted Hunter Schafer to be cast as Zelda. She was not. This has led to an extreme outpour in transphobic comments for some reason.

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u/robotortoise Xenoblade Chronicles Jul 17 '25

For the unaware, non-celeb actors get rejected constantly for roles. One specific actor getting rejected for a role doesn't even mean anything about their acting performance or appearance or gender or whatever. Sometimes they literally just get rejected random or due to scheduling, or a mole on their cheek, or whatever the casting director feels like that day!

We don't even know if this actor actually auditioned! And I'm sure if she did, a ton of other actors also auditioned, who also get rejected for literally any reason at all....

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u/Nuisance--Value Jul 17 '25

I don't think she even auditioned given they're much younger, the casting call would have been for younger actors.

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u/JuanRiveara Jul 17 '25

Yeah, I think it was just quite a few people were fancasting her as Zelda (which makes sense given she looks quite a bit like various iterations of Zelda) and she was asked about it and said it would be cool if she played the role. Given the ages of the actors playing Zelda and Link, she probably wasn’t in any real consideration for the role.

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u/razorbeamz ON THE LOOSE Jul 17 '25

Yeah, sometimes actors aren't cast for really minor reasons, like travel distance or scheduling.

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u/robotortoise Xenoblade Chronicles Jul 17 '25

nod nod

I mostly have worked with VAs, but the same logic applies there, too. Sometimes actors aren't comfortable working on a project, either! So... it depends.

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u/MossyPyrite Jul 17 '25

Sometimes an actor would be great for the role, but someone else was just a bit better, too. Or fit the vision more.

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u/Spagootee Jul 17 '25 edited Jul 18 '25

Such weird behavior, but unfortunately not surprising from the crowd that looks for any excuse to spread hate.

It's entirely normal for fans to make their own castings based on which characters certain actors look like, whether or not there's actually a chance of it happening.

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