A THREAD OF TIMES THE WRONG ACTOR WAS CAST AS A PERSON OF COLOUR.
Scott Weigner and Linda Larkin to play Arabs
Mae Whitman and Jack De Sena don& #39;t look brown to me ngl (which is sad bc I love Katara and Sokka)
Donny Osmo as Li Shang wasn& #39;t it
Angelina Jolie and Marianne Pearl???? (yes they did darken her skin)
The character of Apu was problematic enough without Hank Azaria, LOOK AT APUS NAME. This one character has affected how the west see brown people to this day.
Do I even need to explain this one?
They had ScarJo play MOTOKO KUSANAGI. The differences in names alone should be obvious (like Arden Cho wouldn& #39;t be a perfect casting)
Remember when Ben Affleck played a Hispanic man? As if there aren& #39;t any Hispanic actors IN HOLLYWOOD (sad bc it& #39;s a really good movie too)
Straight up yellow face from Mickey Rooney here
This one is just??? LOOK AT JULIETTE BINOCHE AND LOOK AT THE REAL MARIA SEGOVIA
I love movies and TV, but I hate the fact that studios will try to get big names so badly that they forget real people will be watching these movies. As a brown movie lover I hate how we& #39;re so boxed into our roles and never trusted to take center stage LIKE BOLLYWOOD DON& #39;T EXIST
And yes I will be adding more to this list don& #39;t you worry.
WHO COULD FORGET THIS CLASSIC the Prince of P E R S I A (although Gyllenhaal HAS apologised for this role, he should& #39;ve known better than to take it)
Marlon Brando, once regarded as the best looking man in film, did yellow face.
So they could cast everyone else as Asian but not the lead??? DBZ Evolution is trash for MULTIPLE reasons
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