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Burying the lede:
“In the beginning we were doing our research, and I was thinking of doing an authentic casting of a trans actor,” [ Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk ] explained. “When we researched in Korea, there are close to no actors that are openly trans, let alone openly gay, because unfortunately in the Korean society currently the LGBTQ community is rather still marginalized and more neglected, which is heartbreaking.”
Long term change does call for small steps in the right direction of representation, so we shouldn’t be hasty in crucifying the creators over casting choices. But, then again…
“…there are close to no actors that are openly trans…”
So there were out trans actors available but, for one reason or another, none of them were suitable for the show. I’d like to know more about this. Like, did they audition trans actors? Do talent agencies just not represent any trans actors in S Korea, thus gatekeeping them out of roles like this? There’s a deeper dive to be had into this topic that the article doesn’t seem to care much about.
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so they couldn’t find a trans actor in Korea for the role? guess another actor will have to act like someone they are not.
Got news for ya. Playing the part of someone you’re not is what acting is. That’s the definition of acting.
Robert De Nero isn’t Irish. And Hayden Christensen has all his limbs. Heath Ledger wasn’t gay. Tom Hanks doesn’t have a learning disability. Al Pacino has his eye sight. Geoffrey Rush doesn’t have a speech impediment. Acting is a skill, studios want actors. It’s nice when the actor’s life matches the part, but it isn’t a requirement and you shouldn’t try to invoke rage by pretending it should. What’s more important is how well the “cis” person played the part assigned to him.
That seems unnecessarily unkind. You seem to be arguing exactly what the parent post said… an actor will have to act like someone they’re not, which is perfectly normal in film.
You’re right. I toned it down. Too many people on Lemmy unnecessarily complaining about cis actors playing lgtbq swayed me
Yeah it’s hard to read tone in text. The OP can be taken either way for sure.
oh so you get it lol
