| Alara317 said: You are so wrong. A character should be played by whoever is best for the role. If their race is not relevant to the plot or they're not portraying a real person, then there's no reason James Bond can't be black, Ciri can't be an ethnic minority, or Heimdall can't be played by Idriss Elba. Changing Ciri's ethnicity doesn't change the story AT ALL, nor does it compromise the plot or bastardize the character. Literally all it does is give a spotlight to a minority that might not have gotten it otherwise. That, and offend racists who hate the idea of being a slightly smaller majority than they already are. |
If a character should be played by whoever is best for the role, why limit the races that can apply at all? You think you're defending her, but you're undermining what the director is doing here, which is deliberating NOT casting who's best for the role based on them being best for the role. And you're the racist one, for not wanting an original minority character instead and being fine with a coat of black paint put over a white character. The source character is white. You can't just color them black for brownie points and be a good little diversity advocate.
