Denzel Washington said no..
...so they change the character to a white guy?? I'm pretty sure there are other black actors out there who could have done it.
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What? What does that have to do with anything? I honestly doubt they originally chose Denzel just because he was black... You see for many non-racists it doesn't matter what your skin color is.
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What do you mean what? Of course it's to do with anything. The point is that the character in the novel is black, so yes I do think that's relevant to their choice of original actor. But as soon as Denzel says no, they cast a white actor instead of choosing from the talented pool of black actors for someone who fits the original character. That's what's racist.
No it isn't. Now I haven't read the book, but in the movie there is nothing to do with race at all. They could have chosen a man of any race and the story would have played out the same. Not all roles are written with a specific race in mind. And even ones that are can often be changed quite easily as the skin colour of the character does not affect the story. Race in a film like this should matter as much as hair or eye colour...not at all!
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