![]() ![]() ![]() Yes, there is Hollywood involvement in this film, but here’s the thing: this is China’s ship all the way. You have mainly white writers, producers, and multiple American production companies involved in the creation of this film. ![]() But when you look at the writers and producers involved in this, it doesn’t look like it. Because this time, it is the Chinese film industry that is taking charge here. Like, who would think this is even a good idea? And so we point our fingers to Hollywood on why Matt Damon is the lead in a film about the construction of the Great Wall, where once again a white guy is shoved into a film about a time and cultural setting where white people weren’t really around?īut this time, Hollywood is actually not to blame (mostly). Not surprisingly, a lot of folks in my Asian American community are pretty peeved about this, and I’m right there with them. “The Chinese helped save Matt Damon from Mars in The Martian, the least he can do is to help them fight dragons” Why is a white dude in a film about the construction of the Great Wall? And there’s dragons? One of them is voiced by Willem Dafoe? HUH? The trailer for The Great Wall, starring Matt Damon and directed by Zhang Yimou, dropped yesterday and my first reaction to seeing it:
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