Pascal called for opening roles so that they can be cast by actors of different racial or gender identities than how the character was originally portrayed.
Pascal called for opening roles so that they can be cast by actors of different racial or gender identities than how the character was originally portrayed.
Seems to be just another defence from the void of creativity that is today’s Hollywood. Why not just tell good NEW stories from all cultures on earth? That is interesting. Not converting old and beloved stories to fit their false pandering - this is just another weird guilt trip to sell their lack of creative ideas.
Is it Hollywood’s lack of creativity or is the audience’s? There’s a reason all but 2 of the top 10 grossing films last year were remakes/sequels/reboots. Hollywood isn’t forcing anyone to see those movies, but those are the movies audiences consistently seem to choose.
While I love new stories and take time off work to see them every year at ViFF, in a culture where reboots reign supreme, we either change the moviegoing audience’s demands/tastes dramatically OR just as we allow new actors to take on some of those iconic roles to which we flock (like say, Batman, Captain Picard etc) we don’t restrict those actors to being the same ethnicity as the first actor was. One seems much more practical than the other.
Demanding that diversity only comes in new stories relegates diversity to the cultural scrap heap. While I wish we sought out new stories, for whatever reason, we want Marvel movie 732432 instead.