Alexandra Artrip has had enough of the comments section.

The actor who played Antonia Owens, the youngest daughter in Sandra Bullock's 1998 film Practical Magic, posted an Instagram video this week addressing what she called "negativity" over the sequel's decision to recast her role. Maisie Williams has taken over as Antonia. Joey King is stepping into the role of Kylie, previously played by Evan Rachel Wood.

"I get comments like this a lot," Artrip said in the video, "and I see them going on a lot of content around the sequel." Her read on it: fans mean well, trying to defend her and Wood and everything the original meant to them. But she doesn't want her page turned into a pile-on. "Maisie and Joey are lovely actresses," she said, adding that the production likely "did what they thought was best for the film to be successful."

Her message, in short: watch it with an open mind. She pointed to the new novel behind the sequel and called this her chance to revisit "beloved memories" from a film that came out nearly three decades ago.

Wood's version of events, reported earlier in the week, was less settled. She said nobody involved with the 1998 original reached out to her about the recast. King did get in touch, though, and Wood described her as a "sweetheart." That distinction, someone reaching out versus the production staying silent, is doing a lot of work in how this story is being read online.

Director Susanne Bier addressed the swap directly at the premiere, telling Variety it "wasn't personal." Her explanation is fairly practical. "The kids in the story are right out of college," she said, "so it wasn't really a question." The production needed actors who read as fresh out of school, and Williams and King fit that brief in a way the original stars, now well into their forties, no longer could.

So you've got two versions of the same event sitting next to each other. Wood framing it as a courtesy that didn't happen. Bier framing it as an age-appropriate casting call that made itself. Artrip, caught in the middle, is choosing not to relitigate either and instead asking her followers to just go see the film.

Whether that request lands is another matter. Recasting arguments tend to outlive the press cycle that starts them, especially when the original actors are still around to comment.

Practical Magic 2 opens in theaters on September 10. Whether the sequel changes the conversation or feeds it further depends on what Williams and King do with roles that, right now, exist mostly in comparison to the ones that came before them.