Director Paul Feig has come out in the defence of his "Ghostbuster" star Leslie Jones after some social media users termed her character in the movie as stereotypical.
Jones, on her part, said she was tired of the negativity and was thinking to leave Twitter but Fieg urged the actress to stick around and not worry about haters.
Some users noted that Jones plays an MTA employee while white actresses Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig and Kate McKinnon are scientists.
Calling Jones, "a goddess & one of the warmest, funniest forces of nature", Feig shot back on Twitter, "And haters, attack me all you want but when you attack and insult my cast, you've crossed the line. Grow up and leave my cast alone."
Jones too had defended her character in reboot of his 1980's film.
"Why can't a regular person be a ghostbuster. Regular People save the world everyday so if I'm the stereotype!! (sic) Then so be it!! We walk among Heroes and take them for granted," she wrote.
"I'm playing a hardworking woman. The regular one that rep the people. You guys are the racists by labeling her a lowly MTA worker. Not me. Doesn't make her dumb or not needed (sic)," she noted.
The makers have released a new trailer of the movie, which seems to address the racism criticism while also giving an extended look at the receptionist Kevin, played by Hollywood hunk Chris Hemsworth.
