DarthMetalliCube said:
Regardless, she was ALREADY cast. Which meant the casting process was over. Time to move on. But no.. Ironically, all this caving into the social justice cultural Authoritarian bullies has done is probably set the movie back to god knows how long, and even if the movie DOES eventually get made and they do find one of the very few trans actors out there that can jump into the part, it likely won't brings in even close to the numbers it would have with Johansson. The movie's probably dead in the water with this move. |
I wasn't commenting on whether it being delayed or recast was a good move. In fact, I agree with you that now this project is probably dead in the water. I was questioning your idea that whoever is best for the job gets the job. I don't agree with that sentiment and believe that the part probably should have been better cast in the first place.
If SJ didn't step down, it was going to get a lot of flack and sink like Ghost in the Shell, Exodus, Aloha and other movies in the past 5 years that have gotten shred critically and by the viewers specifically for casting. Since she is, it's probably going to sink for the reasons you stated.
It'd probably be better for producers to be more inclusive and do a better job of casting believable actors so things like this won't happen in the first place. Call me crazy.