Moses Ingram’s unrelenting journey from West Baltimore to Hollywood

Ewan McGregor grew to become the most recent co-star to voice his assist, saying he was “sickened” by the way in which Ingram was handled and slamming the messages as “horrendous.” He known as Ingram — who has additionally starred in “The Queen’s Gambit,” one in every of Netflix’s highest-rated packages of all time — a “good actor.”

“I simply need to say because the main actor within the sequence, as the chief producer on the sequence, that we stand with Moses,” he mentioned in a video posted to the Star Wars Twitter account that has since been considered greater than 5 million occasions.

“We love Moses, and in case you’re sending her bullying messages, you’re no Star Wars fan in my thoughts,” he mentioned.

McGregor’s assist got here after the Star Wars franchise addressed these harassing the star. “We’re proud to welcome Moses Ingram to the Star Wars household,” the franchise tweeted Tuesday, including that producers have been “excited for Reva’s story to unfold.”

“If anybody intends to make her really feel in any manner unwelcome, we’ve just one factor to say: we resist,” the tweet read.

Ingram took to her Instagram Tales to explain the abuse final week, saying she felt “there’s nothing anyone can do to cease this hate” and that the feedback have been fueling self-doubt. “I query my goal in even being right here in entrance of you saying that that is taking place,” she mentioned within the video, which is not seen as Instagram Tales expire after 24 hours.

“I feel the factor that bothers me, is this sense that I’ve had inside myself — which nobody has advised me — however this sense that I’ve simply bought to close up and take it. That I’ve simply bought to smile and bear it. And I’m not constructed like that,” Ingram mentioned as she thanked her followers for supporting her.

On social media, many used the hashtag #WeLoveYouMosesIngram to share their admiration of the 29-year-old, whom they known as “talented” and “an icon.”

Star Wars, which has lengthy grappled with problems with race and gender, has pledged to extend range in its solid amid backlash.

Black British actors John Boyega and Thandiwe Newton and Kenyan Mexican actor Lupita Nyong’o have all stepped into the Star Wars universe lately. Kelly Marie Tran, who grew to become the primary Asian American actress to land a serious Star Wars function, mentioned she too was focused by trolls on social media and deleted all of her Instagram posts in 2018 — resulting in hypothesis that the abuse she confronted on-line was the catalyst.

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Addressing the transfer in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter final 12 months, Tran mentioned she determined the Web wasn’t “good for my psychological well being. I’m clearly going to go away this.’”

And Boyega, who advised GQ journal he confronted dying threats throughout his time taking part in former stormtrooper Finn, delivered an impassioned speech in entrance of 1000’s at an enormous Black Lives Matter protest in London’s Hyde Park in 2020 following the dying of George Floyd.

“I would like you to know how painful it’s to be reminded day by day that your race means nothing,” the actor mentioned earlier than telling crowds round him, “I don’t know if I’m going to have a profession after this.”