Not long ago, Warner Bros. announced the establishment of a black version of Superman's film project, and in the past few days, the protagonist of the movie "Batwoman" has been determined.
It is also very interesting to talk about the casting battle of "Batwoman".
There were a total of 4 original actress candidates.
Leslie Grace, African-American, Dominican, 27 years old.
From the appearance point of view, it is obvious that Leslie is not a purebred black, but mixed with many generations of blood, but the characteristics of black people are still more obvious.
In terms of resume, she was a singer before and had no experience in acting.
The only performance was in a role in this year's small-budget film" in The Heights.
Isabella Merced, father American, mother Peruvian, because Peruvians are originally of mixed race, so Isabella can be regarded as a "mixed-in-a-mix".
Although the skin is not white, the black characteristics of the body are obviously not as good as Lesliedo.
The female artist, the youngest of the four candidates, is only 20 years old this year, but she has been performing since she was 12 years old.
And I have also won some kind of performance awards such as youth acting awards, and my acting experience is still OK.
Zoe Dudge, a pure white actress, is 27 years old.
In the circle, it is the longest of the 4 candidates, whether it is in acting, or in the media activities are very much, there is no worry about the film appointment.
Although the fame is not very large, it is obvious that the "hard conditions" aspect is still very good.
Hayley Lu Richardson, also about 27 years old, is a pure white American actress.
He debuted in a role in Disney's sitcom, but his fame was not very great, but he was also a person who had been acting for 10 years.
Of these 4, Hayley was the first to be PASSed, in other words, the remaining three contestants.
In the end, the winner was Leslie Grace.
You ask Leslie what overwhelmed the other two candidates?
The answer is simple, skin color.
The reason is actually very simple, look at the hardness of the casting indicators to know.
The first is the shape.
Leslie was not a purebred black man, and his appearance was decent.
However, the dependence on makeup and shooting angles is very high.
When she put on makeup and angles, and lighted up to find the right one, she was like this.
Once there is no beautified shot, she is like this.
The other two, Zoe Dudge, the typical American actress, are good-looking.
Isabella, slightly immature in appearance, but still very beautiful.
That is to say, in the indicator of appearance, in fact, the last two are better.
What about other indicators?
Acting experience, Leslie was a singer before and has only performed in one movie.
And even in this performance of "In the Highlands", Leslie's acting skills are not amazing.
The other two, from TV dramas to movies, have been running for more than 10 years.
On this indicator, Leslie lost.
In terms of age, because The Batgirl setting is very young, in this regard, it is obvious that is the post-00s Isabella has more advantages.
It can be said that in terms of hard indicators, Leslie is at a disadvantage.
But her biggest advantage, of course, is the color of her skin.
Although Isabella also has the blood of people of color, the degree of mixing is too many generations, and there are fewer black characteristics.
Leslie, on the other hand, was closer to a black man no matter how he looked at it.
Not to mention Zoe, although the Batwoman Barbara in the original is a pure white woman, but in the current situation in Hollywood, her white skin has made her competitiveness fall to the end.
It is also interesting to say that the superwoman in the previous "Flash" movie is also a Latino actor.
At this point, the female version of Batman and Superman are both colored people.
Of course, strictly speaking, the casting this time is already acceptable
Why? Because the good guys didn't choose a pure black person to come out.
Check out Disney's Little Mermaid casting.
Look at the change of heroine of "Transformers".
This time, "Batwoman" can choose a female star who is still passable, which is really rare under the current Hollywood atmosphere.
There are children's shoes may wonder, are the requirements so low now? No way, in Hollywood, it is really not easy to get the characters not blackened.
In addition to Batgirl, there is new news about the Superman project.
After the black superman project was previously determined, Warner Bros. exposed a new project during this time.
This project is HBO TV series, it is a Superman series, and then this Superman is still black, and it is estimated that the black actor who plays the villain Golden Panther in "Black Panther", Michael B. Jordan starred.
There are children's shoes that may say, isn't there already a black film project? How did it go down to the TV series? Did Warner open up and finally "put back" the original Superman?
Unfortunately not.
As mentioned before, in DC's original comics, there is indeed a black version of Superman, but he and the original White Superman are two characters, not the same character.
Now Warner's method is to intend to eat all.
The movie version of Superman is the original white Superman who was changed to a human race, and the story and setting are all original Superman.
The TV series version of Black Superman is the real "Black Superman" in the original work, which has nothing to do with the original Superman.
This is actually a precautionary measure for Warner.
Since Warner announced the change of the original Superman to black, it has been criticized by many fans and netizens on the outside network, so they must also consider that if the movie version of the black Superman fails, what to do?
So, first let the black superman in the comic book mix a face in the TV series, engage in popularity, if the movie version of the black superman fails, you can see the situation to move the TV series version of the black superman to the movie.
Warner Bros., the film industry, really plays political correctness enough.
Of course, Warner Bros. this move has been criticized by many people.
Since you're going to make two Supermen, one is the original and the other is black, can't you? Why do you want to make both black supermen?
However, at present, Warner is obviously determined to rely on the political correctness of black people, which can be said to be completely inferior to Disney.
Maybe it's really only when these movies are released and achieve very dismal results that they can wake up.
Otherwise, according to the characteristics of capital seeking profits, Hollywood's "total blackening" is just around the corner.