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

[Slimebeast]

SpokenTruth said:

Slimebeast said:

SpokenTruth said:

UshiotheOmega said:

Are you really suggesting that TFA made that amount of money by having a pair of non-white male leads? really? Star Wars would have made money even if the reviews where awful (bad reviews never hurt the Transformers films) it's Franchise not cast that make the film which on one havd means you can cast anybody and make money and on the other means the actors/actresses are easily replacable.

It also means audiences will pay money to see someone other than white men in lead roles. 

I'm really looking forward to the day that a movie like Gods of Egypt could be cast with actual Egyptians in the lead roles.

That wouldn't still be genuine because the ancient Egyptians are an extinct people. Modern Egyptians consists largely of Arabs who came into the region thousands of years later than the era depicted in that movie.

So yeah, let's just cast white people then.

 

No, I'm just saying that casting modern day Egyptians isn't the obvious solution.

I think they should deliberately choose among Hollywood actors that have the right, authentic appearance - among Arab, Jewish, Latino and mixed black/white actors and among the few white that have a similar appearance.