“Spock and Kirk…They’re two halves of almost the same person in many ways. Kirk is the heart and the gut and the soul and the passion and the impulsiveness. And Spock is that kind of cold logic and reason. (…) And I think both Spock and Kirk have something to learn from one another.”
- Chris Pine
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Casting appreciation gif.
This seriously pisses me off because TWO men of the “correct” ethnicity/race were asked to play the role of Khan. I don’t remember their names because this back when Into Darkness was in casting yo but they BOTH DECLINED.
So there’s a HUGE difference between “well, we asked the best in the business and they both said no, so we should go with another actor of the ‘incorrect’ race who is also very well suited for the role” and doing what the Hunger Games did which is literally only let white girls audition for Katniss.
When actors decline there is fuckall you can do. It’s shitty, no doubt, that Khan ended up being white, but BC did a great job in the role, while knowing he was third choice. I won’t begrudge him for taking it, and I won’t begrudge the casting crew for going with him after their best actors declined.
^ Bless.
Thank you for pointing this out, because I am so sick of people accusing the casting director and JJ Abrams of intentionally “white washing” the role of Khan. It’s such utter bullshit.
#NEVER> OVER TEENAGE REACTION DEAN #THE COLD SHOUDER #THEY’RE BATTLING HEAVEN AND HELL AND SAM IS DYING AND DEAN IS LIKE #how do i show cas i’m rlyrly mad at him? #oh i’ll LOOK AT HIM but not acknowledge him verbally #that’ll burn. that’ll burn deep #AND IT DOES STUPID FUCKING IDIOTS #i hate them (via sillyoldwolf)
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