While conspiracies deriving from the fear and ignorance about vaccines are rather common, there has been a surge in conspiracy theories since the emergence of Covid-19, and it seems many more are still holding on to such beliefs.
During a special episode of Jada Pinkett’s Red Table Talk last year, ‘I Am Legend’ actor Will Smith joked about the film’s inaccuracies with virus specialist Dr. Michael Osterholm.
Now, a year later, Akiva Goldsman, the film’s writer, has a statement for people who are seeking to exploit the film as a viral conspiracy, saying, “Oh. My. God. It’s a movie. I made that up. It’s. Not. Real.”
Goldsman’s comment comes in response to a tweet from Marc Bernadin, who mentions a New York Times piece in which a company employee voiced worry “because she thought a vaccine had caused the characters in the film ‘I Am Legend’ to turn into zombies.”
We. Are. All. Going. To. Die.
Sooner. Than. We. Should. https://t.co/DqMKTkSxbr
— Marc Bernardin (@marcbernardin) August 9, 2021
To which Goldsman responded:
Oh. My. God. It’s a movie. I made that up. It’s. Not. Real.
— Akiva Goldsman (@AkivaGoldsman) August 9, 2021
Typically for that genre of film, people were converted into zombies by a genetically reprogrammed virus in the film, and Smith’s character developed a vaccine to cure the disease. But, once again, this is a made-up film.
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