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Simu Liu Knows Hollywood Won’t Cast Him as Bourne or Bond, So He’s Working on Plan B (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

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Four years after Shang-Chi, Simu Liu has his first lead role in The Copenhagen Test — and he thinks it would probably be a different story if he were white.

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[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Way to completely miss the point. I'm Caucasian, and can see absolutely no reason someone of Asian descent couldn't fill those roles considering the very diverse populations of both the UK and the US in today's world.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Its not missing the point. You can't force people to do things, so the next best thing to do is to do it yourself if you can. I'm ready for a new Jackie Chan if thats what he wants to do.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I get that & agree for the most part, but at the same time I'm still frustrated and disappointed that we as a species have long known that external appearance doesn't define the person inhabiting that body (except as how other people treat that person differently due to it), and yet we still can't seem to get past it.

Especially considering the influence popular media has over populations, I can't help but feel the film industry has an extremely large responsibility for helpiing shape people's views of each other. We say people can be anything they choose to be, but until they actually see it for themselves they often have a hard time internalizing that concept in a world that too often proves otherwise.

Perhaps I'm too idealistic, but I can't help but think there'd be FAR less strife in the world today if we could just get past the animalistic instinct of different appearances meaning different species with different values & priorities.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

I think its more a continuity thing but I'm not a giant bond fan. If they made it more clear that bond isn't a specific person but a title or something, I'd be a bit more upset about it. That would mean they accept bond should be different people but for some reason should only be white people.

I honestly dont know the material well enough to tell whether its shitty or not. I personally find it hard to keep watching a thing when the actor changes though. Took forever to start liking Daniel Craig cause I grew up with the Pierce Brosnan movies.