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Stepping Away

September 16, 2017September 16, 2017 Joshua TongLeave a comment

Ed Skrein – the dude who played Ajax in Deadpool — made headlines recently. Not for taking a role but rather for stepping down from one. See, he was tapped to be in the reboot adaption of Hellboy. But the character he was slated to play, Major Ben Daimio, is Japanese-American in the comics, and… Continue reading Stepping Away →

Tagged casting, diversity, Hellboy, Movies

Wise Old Masters

November 5, 2016January 7, 2017 Joshua TongLeave a comment

I have a very clear memory of being ten or eleven and watching Cartoon Network. I didn’t have cable growing up, so this was at a hotel or someone else’s place. I’d left Singapore and was in that whole growing-up-on-a-ship phase of my life. Anyway. Johnny Bravo was on, and for some reason or other… Continue reading Wise Old Masters →

Tagged casting, diversity, Doctor Strange, Movies, race
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