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Simu Liu Knows Hollywood Won’t Cast Him as Bourne or Bond, So He’s Working on Plan B (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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Four years after Shang-Chi, Simu Liu has his first lead role in The Copenhagen Test — and he thinks it would probably be a different story if he were white.

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[–] 13 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Just make your own spy character movie, like Jackie Chan did with The Tuxedo?

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 10 months ago

    Maybe not the best example to follow

    On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 21% based on 137 reviews and an average rating of 4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Chan is as charming as ever, but his talents are squandered by special effects and bad writing.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tuxedo

    Also, as we're on the Asian diaspora community, are you of Asian descent?

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago* (3 children)

    Way to completely miss the point. I'm Caucasian, and can see absolutely no reason someone of Asian descent couldn't fill those roles considering the very diverse populations of both the UK and the US in today's world.

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Its not missing the point. You can't force people to do things, so the next best thing to do is to do it yourself if you can. I'm ready for a new Jackie Chan if thats what he wants to do.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I get that & agree for the most part, but at the same time I'm still frustrated and disappointed that we as a species have long known that external appearance doesn't define the person inhabiting that body (except as how other people treat that person differently due to it), and yet we still can't seem to get past it.

    Especially considering the influence popular media has over populations, I can't help but feel the film industry has an extremely large responsibility for helpiing shape people's views of each other. We say people can be anything they choose to be, but until they actually see it for themselves they often have a hard time internalizing that concept in a world that too often proves otherwise.

    Perhaps I'm too idealistic, but I can't help but think there'd be FAR less strife in the world today if we could just get past the animalistic instinct of different appearances meaning different species with different values & priorities.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    I think its more a continuity thing but I'm not a giant bond fan. If they made it more clear that bond isn't a specific person but a title or something, I'd be a bit more upset about it. That would mean they accept bond should be different people but for some reason should only be white people.

    I honestly dont know the material well enough to tell whether its shitty or not. I personally find it hard to keep watching a thing when the actor changes though. Took forever to start liking Daniel Craig cause I grew up with the Pierce Brosnan movies.

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    [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    Been rootin for this guy since he was on Kim's Convenience . I hope things work out for him.

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