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Newsdesk > Ed Skrein exits 'Hellboy' reboot after learning character was whitewashed

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message 1: by Quantum (last edited Sep 02, 2017 07:49AM) (new)

Quantum (quantumkatana) Nothing new, Hollywood has a long history of discrimination.

At least Skrein has more principles than Johansson in the bruhaha over her casting as Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell.
Skrein said it is his "hope that one day these discussions will become less necessary," and what while he's "sad" to leave the film, "if this decision brings us closer to that day, it is worth it."

(http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/28/enterta...)
Here, Chloe Bennet/Wang speaks out:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/31/enterta...

Such an excellent interview in other respects as well:
Agents of SHIELD’s Chloe Bennet: Why I Stopped Using My Chinese Last Name
“Oh, the first audition I went on after I changed my name, I got booked,” Bennet tells The Daily Beast, in an interview timed to Marvel’s Women of Power month. “So that’s a pretty clear little snippet of how Hollywood works.”

(http://www.thedailybeast.com/agents-o...)



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