According to the actress Constance Wu, choosing Matt Damon, poster as head of “The Great Wall” would be another example of “whitewashing”. The point of this controversy.
Last Thursday, we dévoilions the first trailer of The Great Wall. Signed Zhang Yimou, the US-China co-production features a Matt Damon overtrained, determined to protect the Great Wall of China and the Chinese people an imminent threat. Only downside: Matt Damon is not Chinese and key supporting roles are assigned to the Chilean Pedro Pascal and American Willem Dafoe.
A detail that has not escaped the actress Constance Wu, who has expressed his dismay about this casting choice, it calls “racist” on social networks.
according to her, it “perpetuates the racist myth that only a white man can save the world. it is based on no real fact. Our heroes do not look like Matt Damon. They look like Gandhi. in Mandela. to your sister intervenes when facing a bully. “
And this is not the first time that Hollywood is accused of “whitewashing” is remembered Gods of Egypt and Exodus, which acted out the Anglo-Saxon actors to play the Egyptians screen
More recently, fans. Ghost in the Shell have strongly criticized the choice of Scarlett Johansson in the lead role of the film. Ditto for Doctor Strange, in which Tilda Swinton plays the Old as in the comics, the character is Tibetan. Except that in the case of The Great Wall, in theaters March 15, 2017, it is an original screenplay, not adapted from an existing structure.
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