I was wondering about Iron Fist. My problem with the character is that he kind of has a tinge of "All We Need Is A Honkey". He is a white dude who happens to be the Totally Awesome Martial Artist Chosen By The Sect Of Martial Artists.
Why a white dude? Yet, if you make him East Asian, that's just going with a different stereotype.
What I think I'd want to do is to just do completely race-blind casting. The character would have gotten his training in whatever country/region Iron Fist was trained, and his family would be American, but his ethnicity would be just whatever the actor's ethnicity was. Could be white, could be Chinese, could be Indian, could be Inuit, whatever. Whoever you got that would be fun for the role and could handle the stunts.
Which is another question: CGI, wire-fu, or real stunts?
Or, since it's an anthology, different choices for different stories?
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Date: 2011-05-08 03:32 am (UTC)Why a white dude? Yet, if you make him East Asian, that's just going with a different stereotype.
What I think I'd want to do is to just do completely race-blind casting. The character would have gotten his training in whatever country/region Iron Fist was trained, and his family would be American, but his ethnicity would be just whatever the actor's ethnicity was. Could be white, could be Chinese, could be Indian, could be Inuit, whatever. Whoever you got that would be fun for the role and could handle the stunts.
Which is another question: CGI, wire-fu, or real stunts?
Or, since it's an anthology, different choices for different stories?