burninmylight on 13 November 2016
Peh said:
Japan doesn't care about whitewashing.. why do you? All in all they need also a selling point and that is Scarlett Johannson. Would the main character be a unknown one, then they would have a risk to get people to watch a strange looking movie like this. People need to have some kind of connection or a feel of security that could work in this film. It is the "What the hell is this movie? Oh well, it has that Actor in it, maybe I'm gonna check this out" approach. |
I completely agree with this post. And I also look at live action adaptations like the Attack on Titan movie and feel like maybe whitewashing manga adaptations aren't necessarily the worst thing in the world.
