The Great Obstacle

Matt Damon at the Jason Bourne Premiere in Japan

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Another American actor will be playing the role of an Asian man. Matt Damon will be part of the best force to defend The Great Wall of China against a monster in The Great Wall, a fantasy movie that takes place about 1,000 years ago. Lately, many people have started to trash-talk about this casting decision. According to International Business Times, actress Constance Wu, argues by writing "...We like our color and our culture and our strengths and our own stories." She doesn't think that Damon is the best person to play this role. She isn't alone, as many other Asian-Americans also express their feelings about this outrageous decision. It seems like Hollywood is struggling with overcoming this obstacle of starring people that are from a different ethnic group than the role they portray. This film is directed by Yimou Zhang, a Chinese film director and producer.  It is set to release in February 2017.

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Netflix Has No Chill

Netflix is releasing a live-action film, based on the popular anime series and manga Death Note, that will premiere in 2017. Manga is a Japanese comic book and anime is a Japanese tv animation series. Death note is one of the most popular animes in the anime world and it has spread from Japan to the United States and many other parts of the world. The creators of the live action though have decided to change a few things as one would do in an adaption, but one of the most impactful modifications made is that they've casted a white male as the main character. The original series was voiced in Japanese by Japanese actors so fans expected that the live-action would cast Japanese American actors but this was not the case. Out of the actors casted for the six main roles, only one of them was Japanese, one was African American, and the rest were white. This has stricken anger and controversy in the Death Note fanbase.