Avengers: Age of Ultron
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Snipes is clearly too old and is unlikely to ever receive work on big budget movies again following his jail time. I would struggle to name any young, black actors with enough clout to fill that role, maybe Ashley Walters. Most of the actors I thought of are all 40+.
Agraza
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Well I don't know how well he plays with Hollywood executives. He went kinda weird for a while with the whole tax-evasion stuff. He was involved with some sovereign-secessionist/racial-purity/alien-abduction thing called the "Nuwaubian Nation" too. I always liked Snipes in film and would love to see more shit with him in it, but he gives me a Gary Busey/Randy Quaid feeling with that weirdo shit. I was happy to see him pop up in Expendables, but those films are kinda lame. I think he was supposed to be in an earlier Expendables, but he wasn't legally allowed to leave the country.
He doesn't seem like a safe investment for a Marvel franchise given his age and ambiguous legal dealings.
He doesn't seem like a safe investment for a Marvel franchise given his age and ambiguous legal dealings.
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I think Black Panther is such a lesser-known character that Marvel can take him in any direction they want. This will basically be his introduction to the vast, vast majority of people so they get to set the tone for him, and I doubt they care if he doesn't exactly match what comic book readers have in mind. It's probably more important to have a decent actor who is dependable in the long-term than someone who might technically be a better fit character-wise.
Kovaks
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Agree doesn't make any sense anymore especially after all his shit and being old. He just always seemed like the perfect guy for the part especially in his heyday. I agree other than stringer bell I can't think of any other black actors for the part and he can't do it for obvious reasons.
Seananigans
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They made the whitest Norse god a black man, what's wrong with making Black Panther anything they want?!
Gavinmad
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Too late, Djimon Hounsou was Korath the Pursuer in Guardians of the Galaxy.
It's ok to make a white character black, but if you make a black character white that's racism.
Xevy
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*it's okay to make minor heroes whatever color you want
Heimdall is a badass and they got a badass actor to play him. Ain't nothing wrong with that! I'm not sure there's many people outside of Captain America and Thor who I'd care about being black. Tony Stark, Hawkeye, Bruce Banner. Could all be black. Wouldn't bother me a bit.
Heimdall is a badass and they got a badass actor to play him. Ain't nothing wrong with that! I'm not sure there's many people outside of Captain America and Thor who I'd care about being black. Tony Stark, Hawkeye, Bruce Banner. Could all be black. Wouldn't bother me a bit.
Kovaks
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Gavin's point exactly. Especially with all the anger over whitewashing i.e. ghost in the Shell and avitar. Also to Xevy's point the feeling that Steve Roger cap and thor need to be white is that it fits with their cultural and geographic background.. (plus cap being Aryan fightING nazis ) the same applies to black panther Being black from Africa. Neckbeards were pissed about heimdal at first but Elba is so awesome everyone got over it.
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My favorite version of Black Panther doesn't require the actor to be young
Black Panther Episode 1 [FULL EPISODE] - YouTube
Black Panther Episode 1 [FULL EPISODE] - YouTube
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Bruce Banner as Black guy? You're telling people people are going to believe a black guy getting angry and destroying shit? Sorry, but the suspension of belief thing can only be stretched so far.... Unless they cast Terry Crews, then I'm fine with it.
tl'dr explanation: Turning a character that's the default actor (i.e. white male straight) into something else has the potential to be interesting. Turning an existing character that's doesn't fit that default pattern into The Amazing Cornbread Man isboring.Replace interesting/boring with empowering/demeaning trendsetting/regressive relevant adjective/other relevant adjective to taste.
