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Are they just typecasting him???

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Submitted ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Godric@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • IndiBrony@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ll just leave this motherfucker here.

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    • refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Perfect casting decision IMO

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      • roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        RIP Charlie Murphy.

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    • ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Boondocks my beloved.

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    • FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Literally the best show ever made. I’ve seen every episode like 80 times, and it’s still hilarious every time.

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      • AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Uncle Ruckus pledging to beat and harass every black person with extreme prejudice is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I know right? I’ve been hoping to see him play as a pregnant Asian woman. He’s just holding himself back…

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    • kamenlady@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Imagine him playing a woman giving birth, the mutherfucking force of nature unleashed at that moment would be rewarded with all Oscars, at once.

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      • snooggums@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Jackson would probably have more engaging birth than Arnold’s scene in Junior.

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    • snooggums@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Is Arnold a joke to you?

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      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Absolutely.

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    • ummthatguy@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If Daniel Day Lewis wasn’t retired for the 3rd or 4th time, he’d be all over it. Maybe Christian Bale’s available.

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      • TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If anyone could play a preggo Asian woman, you know it’s
        Rob Schneider!

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  • jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s just racist. For a long time gay actors were afraid to come out because they would be stuck only playing gay parts (very few).

    Black people need to get together and protest. They need to convince directors that they can play white characters too! Black actors shouldn’t be afraid to come out as black.

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    • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Reminds me of this classic Onion piece.

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  • polonius-rex@kbin.run ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    you say this but rdj doesn't always play white guys

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    • Allonzee@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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      ACTING!

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    • Rhaedas@fedia.io ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Does playing a white guy playing a black guy count?

      "What do you mean, you people?"

      "What do YOU MEAN, you people??"

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      • VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m the dude who’s playing a dude who’s disguised as another dude.

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    • tkk13909@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Can you imagine an SL Jackson and RDJ movie where they race swap? That would be hilarious!

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      • TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        White Chicks sequel looking 🔥

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  • MargotRobbie@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Because he is not as versatile of an actor as esteemed Academy Award nominated character actress Margot Robbie, of course.

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why does Margot Robbie always play black guys?

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    • Liz@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Margot Robbie, I’m beginning to think you’re not the real Margot Robbie.

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      • MargotRobbie@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s almost scary how good I am at acting…

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      • Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        But a bet MargotRobbie is a real Margot Robbie.

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  • psycho_driver@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Robert Downey Jr. isn’t held back by such constraints.

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    • FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      He played a black guy in Teopic Thunder.

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      • AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Which is weird because how can a black guy be cast as a white guy in every single movie he’s been in except one?

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      • psycho_driver@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No no he’s a black actor who played a white man in everything but Tropic Thunder.

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      • TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Noooo no one knows that

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  • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In star wars, he didn’t play a black guy, he played an alien.

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    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The real human homeworld is actually in the Star Wars galaxy.

      Don’t worry about it. It’s not Tattoine. We didn’t destroy that climate too.

      (It is, we did)

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  • MasterNerd@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • kelargo@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nick Fury wasn’t always a black character.

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    • TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That is true. They changed him to look like Sam Jackson. And then they started making Marvel movies afterwards, and were able to cast him as Nick Fury.

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      • kelargo@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Jim Steranko art style was unique.

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  • Taalen@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well, he does play Nick Fury.

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    • dudinax@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      He plays a white guy in Kingsmen.

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      • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        White guy with a lisp, you almost can’t recognize him

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    • ryper@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nick Fury was Black in the (first) Ultimate universe

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      • Taalen@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m not a Marvel guy, but I’m vaguely aware of that. But as someone who only read the occasional comic as a kid, it’s something I only learned of after the movies.

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think the bigger issue there is that Nick Fury fought in World War II.

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  • Shkshkshk@dice.camp ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    @Godric
    So unfair that they keep typecasting black actors into playing black characters.

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  • Marcocappe@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s not me guys!

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  • TheEntity@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Because he’s good at playing outlaws, duh. /s

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  • Zehzin@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You can’t prove his character in Inglorious Basterds isn’t white

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  • Etterra@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Because when he tried to play a white guy he got sued by Dave Chappelle.

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  • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    He didn’t play a black guy in Coming to America.

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    • 0ops@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Or the boondocks

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  • iAvicenna@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    (black) samuel_jackson

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