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* Not only was ''[[Saving Christmas (film)|Saving Christmas]]'' derided as a hammy Evangelical Christian film for its [[Anvilicious]] premise, its reputation soured even further when [[Kirk Cameron]] vainly called for netizens to add positive reviews in an attempt to save the film's positive ratings from the "haters and atheists"; Cameron instead got the opposite response, with trolls review-bombing the living daylights out of ''Saving Christmas''.
* The 2014 FIFA biopic ''[[United Passions]]'' had the misfortune of being released just as when the 2015 FIFA corruption scandal was taking place. Director Frédéric Auburtin lamented about how he was commissioned to direct a propaganda piece on behalf of a corrupt organisation, adding that he tried to strike a balance between "a Disney propaganda film [and] a Costa-Gavras/Michael Moore movie" only for [[Executive Meddling]] from FIFA to prevail which further skewed the film's tone in their favour, and both Auburtin and the cast described it as a disaster, especially as Sepp Blatter was sugar-coated as a heroic figure vowing to stamp out corruption in the association (Spoiler alert: he isn't). A bemused [[John Oliver]] lampooned the film in a segment on his show ''Last Week Tonight'', wondering "Who makes a sports film where the heroes are the executives?"
* Former MMA fighter and later actress [[Gina Carano]] became the subject of controversy when she made no secret about her political and social views online, which leaned towards the alt-right movement. Said statements e.g. her gross downplaying<ref>[https://medium.com/afrosapiophile/gina-carano-the-alt-right-arent-in-danger-they-are-the-danger-a97d5d4a8668 Gina Carano & The Alt Right Aren’t In Danger—They Are The Danger]</ref> of the [[COVID-19]] pandemic and denigrating messages at the expense of transgender people both left her fans divided over her views and forced [[Lucasfilm]] to drop her from ''[[The Mandalorian]]'' cast. Carano would later sign up for a film project with conservative figure Ben Shapiro, but not without hitting back at those who criticised her for her views. And in an ironic twist, Carano previously played the role of a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] commando in ''[[Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3]]'', just as when it turns out that Natasha's actress is a right-winger.
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