Hollywood Strikes again| Scarlett Johansson set to play a trans man in an upcoming movie

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sundin13 said:

I see no issue with casting a woman as a trans man. While casting a trans man would be more accurate, there simply aren't any big name trans actors. While the argument certainly is valid that there won't be big name trans actors until you start casting them, that is not the responsibility of any one movie and as such I don't think this movie is deserving of any more outrage than Mission Impossible or Jurassic World.

As for her not actually looking like the person she is portraying, this happens literally all the time. There are countless examples of this in which no one batted an eye.

As with GitS, I am far more disappointment that they chose a shite director (or at least a bland and uninteresting one) to helm the project than I am at the casting of a solid actor like ScarJo.

Oh yes, forget an accurate portrayal, let's just cast somebody who doesn't remotely fit the part because they're popular. 

Because it worked so well for GitS and Exodus.