Jamie Lloyd confirmed that right after his Olivier win as BEST DIRECTOR for 'Sunset Blvd.', he returned to rehearsals for 'Romeo & Juliet'.
The director took the opportunity to talk about the controversial racial attacks suffered by Francesca Amewudah-Rivers and the cast's position in the face of it —
“Everyone is focusing on the work. That’s how you win in the face of the people who hate. You focus on the work and I can’t wait for the world to see this exceptional cast and the amazing performance that Francesca is creating. The mood in the room is creative and compelling.”
This explains the company's decision to make a powerful general statement and leave the matter aside, so as not to give ammunition to the incels and racists who invaded social media. We know very well what the homophobic reaction was like with Tom Holland in The Crowded Room.
I have to laugh at some of the people that think Z could go back to L.A. for Christmas. Christmas is literally in 4 days and Zendaya is still in London. She's been christmas shopping with Tom. She's obviously spending it in London with him and their family. The likelihood of her heading to L.A. for Christmas is slim to none. Stay mad that they're spending Christmas together.
idk why ppl thought tom holland was gonna say anything about the actress playing Juliet get racially abused online and "saying his gf is black so why won't he defend his costar?" when zendaya, who is light skin, didn't get a support from him when she was getting backlash for being MJ in those Spiderman movies + francesca amewudah-rivers (actress playing juliet) is darkskin, and I'm afraid I have to say it but zendaya is protected from way more misogynoir and antiblackness because she's light skin. and on top of that, tom holland knows he would lose alot of his fanbase for saying anything about this + he probably feels like it's not his problem and he doesn't need to say or do anything