r/Angryupvote • u/Interesting_Tale • 13d ago

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u/I_travel_ze_world 13d ago

The viral marketing for this movie has been insane

🏴‍☠️ I won't be paying to see it. 🏴‍☠️

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u/gizamo 13d ago

At this point, it's almost obligatory for movies to have terrible casting just so it will stir up dumb controversy as free advertising.

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u/xenoerotica 13d ago

When has that literally ever translated into box office profit though.

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u/gizamo 13d ago

It's hard to say that raceswapping made anything a hit, but there are certainly examples of it not causing a flop. The best I can think of is Zendaya as MJ in Spiderman. So, it certainly can work in that kind of circumstance. I think it's weirder in this because it's a period piece where the historical demographics were not diverse.

I also thought it was fine in The Last of Us with Joel's character. Pedro Pascal nailed that role. But, again, historical context didn't matter for that one either.