....everyone loses their mind when a mariachi kid sings the american national anthem!
How come is this ok? Ben Affleck can't even act for sh!.t. A real talent like Edward James Olmos or Damián Alcazar could've played the role just fine. If Tony Mendez wasn't played by a whitney this overrated piece of junk wouldn't have won the Oscar for best picture.
If two black guys can wear white face and play "White Chicks" then a white actor can play a character with a Spanish name.
shareThe OP and the debate on this are particularly silly in light of the fact that the real life CIA operative said he was “not Hispanic,” grew up in Nevada, never spoke a word of Spanish, and had no problem with Afleck in the role
https://web.archive.org/web/20130406233958/http://showbizcafe.com/en/interviews/exclusive-argos-real-tony-mendez-im-not-hispanic/2992#
Already addressed, so I'll reiterate:
"I swear, does nobody who brings this interview up actually READ the damn thing? He's talking about cultural upbringing, not race. Did the instant contrast with "a person who grew up in the desert" not make that clear?
If you want a quote that's relevant, there's this one: "My (appearance) is such that I can be in India and look Muslim or do the same thing in Russia and Latin America."
And anyway, it's just PR. Of course he's not going publically criticize something that he's profiting off of, no matter how many lies it tells (did he ever speak up in Sheardown's defense? Didn't think so.)."
I assume I read the interview I linked but I don’t remember anything about it considering three years have passed since my one-sentence post. I will let Mendez’s words speak for themselves which anyone can read assuming the link still works. I do admire your near decade long quixotic rebuttal posting in this thread.
shareI only just found out this site existed at all just the other day (my original posts were from IMDB). For the heck of it I looked into some of my old stuff and found the discussions still going. There’s a lot I need to catch up on.
I’ve also learned in the years since that he was suffering from Parkinson’s/dementia, though I cannot say what impact that had on his mental state.
That's a false equivalence on at least 3 levels.
shareIf you actually look at an image of Mendez, he looks more black tham latino or white.
shareI just googled Tony Mendez and he looks like a white guy.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/glasses_a.jpg?w=1440&h=810&crop=1
All the rage in this thread over Ben Affleck playing what was always a white guy. People descended from South Europe (like this guy is) are clearly white. Bunch of fucking retards.
No he doesn't.
https://www.awesomestories.com/images/user/ba8ae930f3.gif
Once again, he spent his career successfully passing as a local in places like South Asia, the Middle East, and South America. That’s not something some average white guy can do.