I mean, it's way more grimdark than not.
If they're gonna use Daimio's jaguar powers, then it has to be bloody as hell. Thankfully the movie is rated R.
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Ed Skrein Joins HELLBOY Reboot playing a Japanese American for some reason
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I mean, it's way more grimdark than not.
If they're gonna use Daimio's jaguar powers, then it has to be bloody as hell. Thankfully the movie is rated R.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
I was super excited about the reboot given the new cast and the choice of director. But this is giving me some serious pause.
Aquavelvaman
Banned
When China overtakes Hollywood and starts casting Asians to play white characters it's going to be great.
Hope they reach out to Korea and get Choi Min-sik to star in Trump's biopic, "MAGA"
Hope they reach out to Korea and get Choi Min-sik to star in Trump's biopic, "MAGA"
And the trend of terribly mediocre white male actors still getting work continues...
They'll probably still keep casting white Hollywood actors like they're already doing with their productions.
That's not going to change much actually. China businesses investing increasingly into Hollywood still wants things the American way. This means white men leading American films, with roles for Chinese actors and actresses to play support and get exposure outside of Asia. But these actors and actresses already have successful careers in Asia, and it's really just benefiting those who already made it. Asian Americans who want to be a major part of the industry in their own home country generally get left out of this dynamic.
Rodney McKay
Member
Yeah I was excited for this, but this casting news is disappointing.
lightskintwin
Banned
Talk about wishful thinking. LOL
DiscoJer
Member
This seems to be so strange. Hollywood should be trying to cast as many Asian actors as possible. It just makes financial sense. The more diverse the cast, the more people will be able to identify with the movie. And you have a wider audience.
I could understand at least adding a box office draw, but this guy seems to be not much of a draw, nor is he notably attractive or anything. I mean, I could understand why they kept shoving Taylor Kitsch upon the world. Even though no one was buying him in anything. But this guy?
I could understand at least adding a box office draw, but this guy seems to be not much of a draw, nor is he notably attractive or anything. I mean, I could understand why they kept shoving Taylor Kitsch upon the world. Even though no one was buying him in anything. But this guy?
lightskintwin
Banned
Did you just ask if you HAVE to find an Asian actor to play an Asian character? LOL
Do they have to...? Yeah, the character is Japanese. Moreover, their choice of actor, regardless of race, is pretty damn terrible.
They absolutely do. Talented Asian actors have a hard enough time being pushed out as it is without (bad) white actors being cast as Asian characters.
Asian actors playing Asian characters... shit is getting ridiculous. Wot?
Bruh if they refuse to get an Asian American actor for an unambiguously Asian American but non-stereotypical character from an American property and instead cast a C-list white actor with no draw and mediocre acting skills... like this is a role that has no excuses
lightskintwin
Banned
He was down with the movement but this.... this is when it goes too far. LOL
CrackPebbles
Member
Well, that's upsetting.
A Link to the Past
Banned
*diverse films do well*
This film would do better if it had more white people
*whitewashed films do poorly*
We didn't cast enough white people
This film would do better if it had more white people
*whitewashed films do poorly*
We didn't cast enough white people
BLOODED_hands
Member
Hah. Hahahahahahaha! Shit, nothing surprises me anymore, sadly 
Dammit BronsonLee!!!! Where you at bruh?!
Dammit BronsonLee!!!! Where you at bruh?!
lightskintwin
Banned
Man, I read this on another website and literally the first comment.
Slim picking when you cant use the star power excuse
Although there's still the Messi Oka excuse
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Hahahahaha. Sure. Sure. They can't even argue "B-b-but star power!" cause we're talking about someone with negative star power here. Nobody saw Deadpool for him, plus he was the face of the Transporter reboot and that flopped. I guarantee 99% of the people that saw Deadpool don't even know this actor's name.
He's not some acting prodigy. He can deliver his lines well enough not to make you wince. That's it.
Seductivpancakes
Member
Being a big fan of the comics and being Asian, this is a very depressing thing to read in the morning.
BronsonLee
Member
Hah. Hahahahahahaha! Shit, nothing surprises me anymore, sadly
Dammit BronsonLee!!!! Where you at bruh?!
They never returned my calls!
Seductivpancakes
Member
You were our only hope.
Adam Sadler
Member
Really? No one learned their lesson yet huh
lightskintwin
Banned
You have to acknowledge there is a lesson, before you can learn from it.
sixteen-bit
Member
What a fucking joke.
At least with GitS you could argue that ScarJo is a name that could have put butts in seats. Who the heck is Ed Skrein?
Milla is great. This dude, not so much. Once the studios announce something like this, do they ever take it back?
The Faceless Master
Member
we really getting Early Access Daario as a Japanese American?
lightskintwin
Banned
I don't think I've ever seen it happen. In that Game of Thrones article I posted and created a thread he said, "Millennium is less concerned about American outrage than whether the lower-budget, R-rated, horror-ish revamp can score big in China, so our protests will surely fall on deaf ears per usual."
Which definitely explains the Milla Jovovich casting.
Claude Augario
Member
Has whitewashing ever worked out for movies? Just... why keep doing this?
lol, that makes even worse sense (to me. I understand why the execs have that thinking). Let's hire a white guy instead of an asian guy so the chinese box office is hotter.
lightskintwin
Banned
Well I don't think it explains the casting at all, but explains why they're not concerned with the outrage in America about it.
WrenchNinja
Member
The Last Airbender originally cast Jesse McCartney as Zuko. Cue the Aangaintwhite campaign and suddenly paramount decides to cast Dev Patel as Zuko and make the entire Fire Nation brown, because yknow making all the good guys white and the bad guys brown doesn't have real bad implications at all
1. China doesn't give a fuck about Asian-American representation. They care about making $ and developing their soft power.
2. Its absolutely shitty to replace an Asian-American character with Daario 1.0
Oh well, I guess I'll just wait around for The Pat Morita Story, starring Miles Teller.
At least Remo Williams pretended and used makeup.
2. Its absolutely shitty to replace an Asian-American character with Daario 1.0
Oh well, I guess I'll just wait around for The Pat Morita Story, starring Miles Teller.
At least Remo Williams pretended and used makeup.
Whitewashing isn't usually a self-aware active thing that people do, but something that is done out of lack of giving a shit and with zero self-awareness. It would be easy to combat if it's an actual racist thing some people intentionally try to push, but it is harder to combat when it happening comes from people in charge just being willing to cast anyone to fill any role while looking through pools of talent comprised mostly of white people.
SuperStiltzkin
Member
His most notable role is playing a generic villain who has no emotions in Deadpool.
Gordon Shumway
Banned
lightskintwin
Banned
Oh yeah, that did happen. It's crazy how it seemed like they were going for all the major characters to be White .
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
If I hear that Mignola approved this casting I'm gonna be so upset.