• SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
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    Aren’t there a bazillion adaptions that only have white English actors already. And of course they didn’t care when non-Mediterraneans whites were given roles to play people from the Mediterranean. Like where was the outrage when fucking Gerald Butler played Leonidas with a Scottish accent.

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      And of course they didn’t care when non-Mediterraneans whites were given roles to play people from the Mediterranean.

      “Who are you getting to play a Greek guy from a small island spitting distance from Egypt?”

      “After reviewing the candidates, we settled on the most stereotypical Boston Irishman under 60”

      I guess they didn’t go with a Skarsgård, which shows some restraint.