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Could a white actor take the lead role, and if not....why?

posted 2 years ago by seagal72 (1832)
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Would it affect ticket sales?
Could it be the right kind of 'gimmick' needed?
Would audiences stay away from it?

Skin-Colour (obviously) hasn't mattered with several reboots of late......So I'm genuinely interested to see how far 'diversity' goes in Hollywood?

Let's *try* have a sensible conversation about the pro's and cons of recasting Black Panther as a white man......

[–] einsteinfountain (920) a year ago

How about no one complains about a race swap period? Regardless if a white person is changed or a black person is, it is all fine and dandy and we move on about our day? I am cool with that are you?

I am a person who is black and not once did I complain about typically black characters being swapped in the past. Therefore it is more than fair for me to expect the same thing on the other end of the spectrum.

[–] PaladinNJ (20311) 10 months ago

Wouldn't that be considered racist?