Anonymous asked:
What would you say if I said, that the role of Johnny Storm belongs to a white actor as much as the role of Falcon belongs to a black actor? Or the role of Psylocke belongs to an asian actress? I never get the people like you, who immediately point with the finger on another person and call that person a racist for wishing authentic character. I wouldn't want a fat slob to portray Thor in a movie, because that's not how Thor looks like, just like Storm doesn't look white. Makes sense, right?
brevoortformspring Answer:
I would say that you are incorrect.
And we’re not talking about “a fat slob” here, we’re talking about talented actors who have won their parts due to their skills and abilities.
I’d say anon used poor examples since Thor being white and Storm being black is very characteristic to the characters, which you can’t say about Johnny Storm being white or black. His image is associated to a man in flames so the color of his skin doesn’t really matters. And, in a way, agreeing with Mr. Brevoort, you may have an actor with the same skin color as the character, say Halle Berry, and that’s not what really matters for the character to be perfectly portrayed in the screen. Movies’ Storm is far from being the one we know from the comics, though both versions are visually very similar.
By the way, Psylocke is not always associated with her asian body. Most of her (real) fans prefer the fase when she was still in her original body.
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mollyhooper-barton said: Does everyone always forget that Psylocke wasn’t originally Asian?
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teaberryblue said: You know I had a good response to this but I don’t even want to reblog this anon’s fatphobia.
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