Tag: whitewashing

Elizabeth Banks To Play Power Rangers Villain ‘Rita Repulsa’

History of Rita Repulsa actresses. Welp!

Machiko Soga (Japanese footage, 1993–1994, 2006)

Julia Cortez (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie)

Carla Pérez (American footage, 1994-1998)

Elizabeth Banks (2017)

Actress Elizabeth Banks

Actress Elizabeth Banks

Vox.com: The Whitewashing of Michael Jackson, Explained

Click here to read.

JosephFiennes

Rooney Mara in Discussions to Star as Mary Magdalene in Biopic – **SIGH**

Read about it at Variety.com.

The whitewashing just doesn’t stop. A biopic of Mary Magdalene is a huge and admirable undertaking. So much opportunity for better choices than this.

Actress Rooney Mara

Actress Rooney Mara

Here’s a Depressing Montage of White Actors in Non-White Roles

Click here to watch at The AV Club.

Rex Harrison and Elizabeth Taylor in 1963's "Cleopatra"

Rex Harrison and Elizabeth Taylor in 1963’s “Cleopatra”

Fans Are Furious Over Whitewashing Of ‘Death Note’

LINK: US adaptation is being directed by horror ace Adam Wingard

hqdefault

Studio Behind #GodsOfEgypt Responds to Whitewashing Casting Fail

Lionsgate & Director Alex Proyas Apologize For ‘Gods Of Egypt’ Lack Of Diversity

BBC: Hollywood Not Getting Message about Whitewashing

Read at AsAmNews.com.

749px-Nat_Wolff_TIFF_2012Nat Wolff is reportedly in talks to star in the live adaptation of the Japanese manga, “Death Note.”

Hollywood’s Anime Whitewashing Epidemic: Nat Wolff to Star in ‘Death Note’

LINK: READ ABOUT IT IN THE DAILY BEAST

DN

Emma Stone On Whitewashing In Hollywood & “The Older-Man Problem”

Read at Refinery29.com.

Aloha

Daredevil’s Marco J Ramirez to Write ‘Akira’ Adaptation for Warner Bros

But Will It Be Whitewashed?

akira