GHOST IN THE SHELL Star Scarlett Johansson Is Once Again Under Fire For Accepting A Minority Role

@THRILLHO - agreed.
maybe they will recall when Shakespearean actors played all roles with men no matter what gender or affiliation. ..and isn't that the beginning of the modern stage?

@MosquitoFarmer - I agree that it is acting. You also want a proven marketable person for you movie as well. May as well find real people with super powers to play our superheroes. (not really, but you know what I mean)

@MosquitoFarmer - I think it depends.

English actor playing American characters? We are talking about where a person was born and I think that's ridiculous.

White actor have a role based on an Asian character?
The question becomes why couldn't you get an Asian actor?

The tried and true "This was the best actor available" is nonsense to me. All those actors out there and you just chose this really popular actor?

In this case though. Last I checked Scarlett was a white woman. Which means she's very eligible for this role. That she did not transition into a man I feel is irrelevant. Also I'm trying find confirmation that the real person actually transitioned.

The core of the issue is about value. I feel Hollywood devalues certain groups of people.

@storyteller - I agree with you largely, while still thinking that casting a role in a film that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars is beyond most folks on this website (myself included). It's easy to point to Hollywood as a whole, but the individuals in that whole are each trying to bring their dream to fruition. And imagine being told that you can get an A-list star like Scarlett Johansson to headline your movie and bring you some guaranteed box-office bucks... Why wouldn't you go for it? Short of thinking she is not fit for the part, or just not wanting to work with her, how can this possibly be a bad decision for them if they are happy with it? Put yourself in the director's position, and as long as it matches your vision, be told you can get an actor like Jack Nicholson or Tom Cruise to want to play your role. There is a reason why certain actors are sought after to work with. There are stars, and there are underrated actors. And then there are bad actors, and actors who are on the road to getting better if they aren't already great but under-seen.

Filling the quota to satisfy all parties of life is no way to go about making art or to express any given persons' personality. If each and every person is not allowed to be them self (short of outstanding circumstances), what is the point of expressing art?

People. Whoever you are taking issue with this stupid shit; grow up. Stop being dumb.

@TheSanitizer - so transgender people = Aliens?

@LEVITIKUZ -
No, that’s not the argument. An actor is cast to portray a character. The actor should not ‘need’ to be like the character in real life.

@LEVITIKUZ -I think his point is you don't have to be transgender to play a transgender...it's acting...do you have a list of transgender qualified actors for the role?....if so can we see the list and they can play the part...

@LEVITIKUZ - This comment...

@LEVITIKUZ - Welcome to Hollywood? There's a reason why "Hollywood ugly" is a well-known phrase.