“THAT person?!?!?”

It’s natural for fans to have strong reactions to casting news when a beloved franchise scores a big-screen adaptation. People have cheered and booed in equal measure for the casting of Pedro Pascal as Joel in The Last of Us, or Robert Pattinson as Batman. Some performers have won stubborn fans over. When Heath Ledger was cast as The Joker, nobody wanted a “gay cowboy” in the role. Dissenters ate those words.

But nothing has mystified me quite as much as some of the reactions I’ve seen to the casting of 21-year-old Bo Bragason as Zelda and 16-year-old Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Link for the upcoming live-action Zelda movie.

Because a lot of people think they’re going to kiss.

Across social media, fans are expressing concern about the age gap between the two, saying it will be hard to forget in the theater, and that it’s weird to cast a “love interest” so much older than the main character.

Well, sure, it would be! If........

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