August 29, 2017 | Lifestyle.INQ

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Day: August 29, 2017

‘Game of Thrones’ actor takes a step against Hollywood whitewashing

Unfortunately, whitewashing in Hollywood and media remains to be a common practice. Not only has it been around since the black-and-white era of cinema, but it’s also been occurring in a large number of modern films such as Doctor Strange (Tilda Swinton portrays a Tibetan monk), Ghost in the Shell (Scarlett Johansson plays a Japanese character), Pan (Rooney Mara’s supposed Native American princess), and more.

But this isn’t happening on Ed Skrein’s watch. You probably know him best as Ajax (or famously, ‘Francis’) from Deadpool and Game of Thrones’ original casting choice for Daario Naharis. Ed Skrein was announced to be part of the new Hellboy reboot as Major Ben Daimio, a comic book character of Japanese-American descent. The announcement was eventually met with backlash for whitewashing, and not long after, Ed decided to drop out of the project after being made aware of Ben Daimio’s Asian heritage.

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