Discworld thoughts

[innerbrat]

I'm not crazy, right? There is something fundamentally wrong with casting a white guy to play Twoflower, the most prominent character to originate from the Counterweight Continent: the Discworld equivalent of Imperial China (with some Japanese elements thrown in

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[weaverandom]

WEAVES: "So they're casting for a Discworld movie, right? And they've just cast Twoflower."
LIZ: "Yeah?"
WEAVES: "Sean Astin."

*appalled silence*

LIZ "...but Twoflower's Asian!"

*more appalled silence*

*eating of pizza*

[innerbrat]

Can I live with you?

[ashen_key]

*BLINKS*

Huh? That's...but he's Asian!

Also? That Angua bit made me glee. I need to buy this book.

[innerbrat]

Well, he's not offensive.I found him bland, generally, but he's sweet and well intentioned. Dim, yes, but he tries.

It's a little stereotypical, but a brass American in a Hawaiian shirt wouldn't be?

[innerbrat]

See, I liked Hogfather, except for Teatime and the Auditors. I'm also not a huge fan of CoM, because the world is still foetal, but I'm expecting to like a lot of this, except for this casting decision. I'm even willing to see a good performance by Sean, but that's neither here nor there.

[morchades]

Y'know, in Kidby's illustrations Twoflower is definitely Asian. This is a movie idiocy, not a result of the books.

[innerbrat]

I never said it was a result of the books. Though I'd argue just as strongly that Kidby's illustrations are no more canon than Kirby's, who portrayed Twoflower as actually having four eyes.

It's a casting problem, but it's still a problem.

[rowanberries]

Twoflower is Hiro Nakamura in my head.

...Not really Sam Gamgee.

[batyatoon]

... I was JUST THINKING THAT.