Matt Damon will be the star of the upcoming ancient Chinese movie, "The Great Wall." However, his role is said to be an issue regarding culture and diversity, as he reportedly "stole" the role form one of the Chinese actor due to "whitewashing."
According to Damon, his character on the film is not sort of whitewashing. The original concept of the story is respectively meant to be in form of white character (non-Asian) from the beginning. And so, his role leads to some misunderstanding. Damon explains that he did not take the role from other Chinese actors, shared by Huffpost.
One of the known Chinese actress, Constance Wu also reacts to the movie and tweeted just after the first trailer was released; "Our heroes don't look like Matt Damon," and then, Wu tweeted again and says that; racist myth should not continue and stop the belief about white's saving the world.
But the Director of the film, Zhang Yimou, defended Damon and the film and further explains that; people seems to be confused about the movie's plot. The whole point of Damon's character is intended to be white, it said to be as "white-savior" not "whitewashed," as these two has differences.
The movie is an ancient tale from Chinese culture, in which the Chinese armies fights the ancient monster. Damon's role is a swashbuckler, (though, at first he was thought to be a thief) he helps the Chinese armies to fight with the monster. Basically, his overall role is not referred to as "whitewashing." The movie "The Great Wall" is produced by Chinese company and Hollywood. Other casts in the movie are: Willem Dafoe, Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, and Andy Lau. "The Great Wall" will premiere this coming February 2017.
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