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Originally Posted by jaxie
See I kind of have a problem with "roles that were meant for minorities" I mean if some said Denzel was taking roles that were meant for white men everyone would go crazy over the racism. Saying certain roles are reserved for minorities, ethnicities or other groups sounds just as bad as the opposite. I think that's very wrong specially in regard to acting which is playing a role and pretending to be someone or something you are not.
I do agree with those saying casting is about money. But it is a fact that a star in a movie will draw more interest and revenue and a studio spending cash to make it wants it to be a success. The star is making the movie reach a wider audience. If Scarlet was in the trans movie I might watch it. If some unknown trans person was the star I probably wouldn't be drawn to it. In fact knowing an actor had been bullied into backing out of a role would probably make me avoid the movie on principle.
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When there are very few roles for minorities available and the fact that hollywood is so inflexible with non white actors playing a white character then there really isn't a problem. I don't have a problem with it at all when it comes to theatre because theatre is a lot more flexible with woken play who. So for example, a black actor can play hamlet and it doesn't seem to be a problem.