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A primer- it was recently announced that Ed Skrein had been cast in the new Hellboy movie as Major Ben Daimio, a character with mixed Asian heritage. This casting prompted complaints about the erasure of Asian actors in Hollywood and the whitewashing of established characters.

In response, Skrein has pulled out to allow the role to be cast properly.

A singularly classy and respectful move to make. I hope this kickstarts a trend of inappropriately-cast actors refusing to take roles that would allow representation for minority actors.

 

[Volimar]

Good for you Francis.

 

[super-famicom]

Good for him. I hope other actors can be in favor of equal representation.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Props to him

 

[Inferno313]

Good on 'im. This puts significant pressure on the studio to actually cast an Asian person now. Kinda can't go cast another white dude after that statement.

Spoiler

who wants to bet that they still will?

 

[Platy]

Awesome for him.

Can't wait for the producers to announce another white dude not understanding anything

 

[Messi]

Watch them cast another white guy.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

If you ever watch one of his interviews, you'll know the man has character.

 

[Number_6]

Real classy move there.

 

[VenomousCoffee]

Good on him.

 

[Nappuccino]

Nice.

Shame they couldn't find another role for him in the film--it's gotta be hard to leave a big production like Hellboy.

 

[HeartlessNobody213]

Good for him. He will have plenty of other opportunities.

 

[Chopper]

Very cool. Statement is classy as hell.

 

[wenis]

So he made making this movie more difficult and made the studio look bad, black balled!

- evil studio exec champing on a cigar

 

[Cerium]

That's very classy of him.

 

[Random Human]

- evil studio exec champing on a cigar

Honestly, he did them a PR favour long-term.

 

[Waylon Drums]

At least bad Daario is a good real dude.

 

[Rockandrollclown]

Good for him. Holy shit if they recast a white dude.

 

[SuperStiltzkin]

Mad respect. Glad to see this stuff happening.

 

[Shin K Dash]

I have so much respect for him for this...

 

[SliceSabre]

Watch them cast another white guy.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Christian]

Wow. Good for him. People aren't exactly lining up to put this guy in their movies, so this probably wasn't an easy thing for him to do, from a "make a living" perspective. But he'll definitely earn a lot of respect.

 

[brawly]

Great guy.

 

[Zoe]

Wow. About time someone took action.

 

[ultracal31]

Good on 'im. This puts significant pressure on the studio to actually cast an Asian person now. Kinda can't go cast another white dude after that statement.

Spoiler

who wants to bet that they still will?

Sigh sadly I see that

Gotta double down on the "best actor who auditioned"

 

[moltonasty]

Watch them cast another white guy.

This reminds me of when you I tried to get a raise at my last job and they straight up said no and then hired someone for less money than what they were paying me.

 

[Sweeney Tom]

Tremendous amount of respect for him for doing this

 

[strafer]

is this the first time someone stepped down like this?

 

[wenis]

Honestly, he did them a PR favour long-term.

As long as they don't fuck it up but my faith in Hollywood and race relations is super low. I'm still waiting for a Native American / Mexican super hero.

 

[Damn Silly]

Legit classy move. Props to him.

 

[Junior Asparagus]

Watch them cast another white guy.

It'll be Michiel Huisman.

 

[fauxtrot]

I have never really enjoyed him in a movie but this was pretty fucking cool of him.

Sad that the studio made such a dumb decision in the first place... watch them replace him with Jai Courtney or something.

 

[Zoe]

is this the first time someone stepped down like this?

At least publically

 

[kmax]

It starts small. It always does.

Thank you for doing your part in the name of equality.

 

[shaneo632]

Dude is an atrocious actor but seems like he might be a good person. Bravo.

 

[Latvian Hitman]

It'll be Michiel Huisman.

Savage.

I miss OG Daario...

 

[pablito]

Respect

 

[Elegant Weapon]

As long as they don't fuck it up but my faith in Hollywood and race relations is super low. I'm still waiting for a Native American / Mexican super hero.

You probably want something less campy but Machete is pretty badass

 

[fallengorn]

Good on him.

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

They will cast another white guy for the role.

 

[Fudgepuppy]

What are the chances he'll be shunned by Hollywood now? Especially as he basically implied that everyone behind this movie are culturally insensitive morons for casting him.

 

[cartographer]

I'll clown his bad acting less now. Good for him.

(What sort of background work are you doing if you can't find out your character is of partial Asian descent from a Google search?)

 

[WoolyNinja]

Great move by him! I wonder if there's another role he could play in the movie as he was great in Deadpool and I feel like being a stand-up decent person should be rewarded in Hollywood.

 

[Jarmel]

Hopefully he doesn't face career blacklisting from doing this.

 

[Youngfossil]

I'll clown his bad acting less now. Good for him.

(What sort of background work are you doing if you can't find out your character is of partial Asian descent from a Google search?)

None, his agent did more of the leg work to get him casted

 

[Trouble]

I guess he's not a 200-pound sack of assholes after all.

Hopefully he doesn't face career blacklisting from doing this.

It's early enough to not cause any impact to the filming schedule, so I doubt he'll catch any flak.

 

[Jotaka]

And ScarJoe fuck you

 

[FinaruDensetsu]

They will cast another white guy for the role.

They'll cast a white guy who through one of those dna heritage websites can claim he's like 1/64th Asian.

Much respect to Ed Skrein though for doing this. It must have been really tough for him to give up a role in a big production.

 

[wenis]

You probably want something less campy but Machete is pretty badass

im super happy Danny Trejo got a starring role in something and loved that movie quite a bit, but yea. Man it'd be cool if we could get some super heroes i could've identified with when i was a kid. There were scant few.

 

[MHWilliams]

Good guy Ed Skrein steps up. I legitimately applaud you, sir.