Marvel Studios has been accused of "whitewashing" an iconic Doctor Strange character. Emma Stone was poorly received for being cast as an Asian American in "Aloha," and Scarlett Johansson was recently criticized for her role in a remake of Japanese anime film "Ghost in the Shell."
"Star Trek" actor George Takei has been especially vocal about whitewashing in big-budget films.
"Hollywood has been casting white actors in Asian roles for decades now, and we can't keep pretending there isn't something deeper at work here," he recently wrote on Facebook.
Now William Yu, a 25-year-old digital strategist, has started #StarringJohnCho, a project imagining what big movies and blockbusters would look like if Asian-American actor John Cho had a starring role.
Keep reading to learn more about the project and see some of the posters in the series:
William Yu, a Korean-American digital strategist in New York City, is the man behind the website #StarringJohnCho.
The series of posters envision Cho as the leading man in a series of big blockbusters ranging from "Spectre" to "The Martian."
Yu made the site on Thursday and told Tech Insider that he was inspired to start the project after seeing the lack of Asian-American actors in leading roles.
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