It cannot be overstated how much nobody wants Machine Gun Kelly to play Link. Even @bosslogic made their own opinion clear with a direct apology attached to their work, which itself does not match the same quality seen across their social media. In other words, the artist made a quick, low-quality meme and shared it online. The comments below the photo were equally unenthused, with users like @vinylncats saying, “Dude. Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. With great power comes great responsibility.”
User @elijahvaldeolivar came in with perhaps the coldest line, saying, “This would actually be a funny spoof movie like Epic Movie, Scary Movie, Not Another Teen Movie. I could [see] this as ‘Video Game Movie.'”
MGK’s public bid for the role led to Forbes publishing an opinion piece that not only lambasted the rapper but the very idea of “The Legend of Zelda” finding its way into a live-action space. There are entire Reddit threads, too, with several hundred comments, spelling out all the different ways that MGK would be a bad choice for Link. The internet is rarely kind, but it’s even more rarely united on any given topic, and it seems that almost every voice with access to social media wants MGK’s dream to putter out before it can gain any more momentum. Furthermore, fans can’t unsee Tom Holland as Link, either, making the internet even more united on the topic.
