Will Smith will not attend the Oscars in row over lack of diversity

[The Fury]

SpokenTruth said:

The Fury said:

Really? there was a quote direct from the producers for this? And that actual Egyptians auditioned? That kind of thing would have been bigger than just 'people noticed' that the wiki page states. Just wondering. Seems the Egyptian director wouldn't have gone for that if it was the case.

Google "Exodus: Gods and Kings Whitewashing".  You'll get far more information than the Wiki page provides.

I was looking up Gods of Egypt. But by looking at what articles I found it mentioned a lot about big names to sell the film not specifically white but sadly the big names are white. The idea that 1 big actor could sell the films and then all other roles are filled with the appropriate castings though, would this still be wrong? A big name doesn't need to be white, just a big name. You'd think Ridley Scott's name would be enough.