After Tangled Live Action rumors swirled around Selena Gomez’s fiance Benny Blanco, fans aren’t holding back

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Selena Gomez might be living her fairytale these days – and looking the part in her Golden Globes Cinderella dress – but funnily enough, it is her fiance Benny Blanco who has been the subject of rumors about one upcoming Disney movie. Ever since the news broke that a live action Tangled replay was in progresshas fans of the beloved 2010 animated film wondering who could be cast as Rapunzel and Flynn. Some sites are claiming that Blanco is being considered for the latter role, and people seem to have some strong feelings about it.

The upcomingTangled the film is still in the early stages – I’m guessing it won’t be ready in time to make the 2025 film calendar – and nothing has been confirmed in terms of casting, so it’s just rumors for now. Either way, I hope Selena Gomez keeps Benny Blanco far away from the comment sections of sites like Drop Pop and Pop Hivebecause no punches are pulled regarding fans’ opinion of the music producer possibly playing Flynn Rider. An X (Twitter) user joked:

I was told he was only playing the donkey ???????

This person may have been confused since Tangled has the horse and Shrek has the donkey, but other comments made sure to cover all the bases of roles Benny Blanco might be more suited to play:

• He’s not even hot enough to play horse chi.. – p0siti0nsstan

• He doesn’t even qualify Shrek – drewstarkeydick

• He can play trolls in Frozen – thedivaszn

• We’re looking for a hero, not a dragon – DefaultSelena

• Is it a joke? He can play Hagrid in some Harry Potter, but definitely not Flynn Rider – saiyananakamoto

The reactions are quite harsh, but it seems that Flynn is one of the many fictional men who have made us set our standards too high and is responsible for one of them most romantic scenes in Disney movie historyfans just aren’t willing to take a chance on Benny Blanco. More responses on social media included:

• Rapunzel definitely flees back to Mother Gothel after that – ColeYoung67

• Who asked for this… – hardthingz

• Maybe mom really does know best – rose sand lily

• Yes, that’s a no from me… – Confused_1DFan

• Flynn is supposed to be attractive – iam_rwylm

Zachary Levi, who voiced Flynn in the animated film, weighed in Timothée Chalamet might be a good fit for the role. Meanwhile Wild girls actress Avantika was met with similar cruel (and racist) backlash when rumors spread that she was being considered for Rapunzel. Fans are also hoping that there might be a way to get Levi and OG Rapunzel’s voice Mandy Moore into the movie as well. We’ll have to see how things develop, but if you want to revisit the 2010s Tangled in the meantime, you can stream it with a Disney+ subscription.