"... because he was a slave owner." WTF? HE was a slave owner... utter bollocks!
OBS: "It seems come kind of objections come up for every project, so I hope he just does the projects he wants anyway."
BINGO! Personally I don't give a toss what ANYBODY has to object to about any of his projects. There will ALWAYS be some twat out there objecting to ANYTHING he does at some point in time. So if he did listen to this shit he'd NEVER act in or produce any movies!
The trouble is that most often the complaints are about totally opposite things. How many times have I seen bitching about him playing the "same old same old", and yet when he DOES do something different there's somebody out there crapping all over it!
This goes way back. Ever since he got "noticed" in Sherlock people have been ragging him about how such and such role is just another "version" of Sherlock.
And look at ALL the fucking flack he got about playing Khan!
Then there was 12YAS and the outrage about his ANCIENT ANCESTORS having once owned slaves (as if HE had to answer for that!).
And The 5th Estate - he wasn't "Australian" enough! They don't like his American accent (although before he was famous nobody said shit about his American accent from The Whistleblower!).
They think he does too many "posh white guy" roles. And yet if he does do something different then they complain that somehow he doesn't "fit" those roles!
And on and on it goes!
So fuck them! He should just do what he wants and the whiners can go suck on the tailpipe of their own indignation!