[ SECRET POST #2709 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2709 ⌋

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Comments

Re: No fun allowed!

[mekkio]

Gender/racebending casting. Because 99% of the time, the casting is all about looks and not about whether or not that actor fits that role acting-wise. And it's frustrating to read people's cast and go, "Idris Elba AGAIN? He would be horrible in that role. No where in his filmography says that he would be any good in that sort of billing."

I am a firm believer that actors can't be switched out like tires and you can get the same result, or in this case performance from them. Each actor has spent years, if not decades working on their craft as to make their performances uniquely their own. Like you wouldn't hire Tom Cruise to play a Paul Giamatti role even though they are both white. You can't switch one actor for another. But some how for gender/racebender casters, it's perfectly fine to shove any non-white actor in any role.

Re: No fun allowed!

[inthecorner]

Agreed. And what is up with Idris Elba and Lucy Liu that people always use them in race-bending castings? Seriously, are they only PoC actors people know?

Re: No fun allowed!

[(Anonymous)]

Yes.

Re: No fun allowed!

[cushlamochree]

It's not just that people are unable to think of other PoC actors. Elba and Liu are both really good, and have been in some pretty popular things, and have been really good in ways that are very leading-role-ish (esp for more action-oriented geek stuff). And also neither of them is big enough that you can't fantasy cast them into whatever you want.

So it's not that people can't think of any other PoC actors at all. I guess they can't think of any other PoC actors that they like as much. Which is still pretty tiresome tbh.

Re: No fun allowed!

[(Anonymous)]

this bugs me as well!

like, if you're going to do a racebent/genderbent cast, please pick the right actors for the role! like you said: actors aren't tires.

Re: No fun allowed!

[(Anonymous)]

With racebent casting, 99% of the time it's about the POC actors of the moment who are also the only POC actors Tumblr knows. Idris Elba and Lucy Liu were already mentioned, see also Lupita Nyong'o currently starring in every racebent casting post ever.