Warrior (2019)
Luvlinguae 2 points 10 months ago.

Can someone explain to me why they chose to use a Japanese actor for the role of a Chinese immigrant? Certainly there are excellent Chinese actors skilled in kungfu that could do this role. I’m not trying to make any racial issue out of it, but I cannot be the only one who can tell the difference between Asian people. To make a film or show more believable and get the audience more emotionally invested in the story, I think it is important to make the characters believable. I have the same issues with all the fake Germans, Russians, etc. that Hollywood uses instead of hiring native speakers. But that is another story.

tardisrider 2 points 3 months ago.

truth is hollyweird has always been myopic where race is concerned. famously hiring Navajo extras to play Cheyenne in one movie, when the subtitles say kill the white man, what they are actually saying in Navajo not Cheyenne is just wave your spear and holler so this fool will be happy. it is considered a comedy on the res.