Quick reminder, Airbender is a multicultural cartoon with Asian & Inuit lead characters that is now a feature film. However, the folks who were being considered for the roles were white.
Well, this started a geek storm against the movie, M. Night Shyamalan and the producer, Frank Marshall.So after a devoted group of fans investigated, protested, started a website and later exposed the casting sheet (notice the WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR part)...
Frank Marshall responded:
Marshall further writes that he “agree[s] that this casting notice was poorly worded and offensive. However, it was not written nor distributed by the production, or the studio, but by a local extra casting entity that did not consult with either. "Ultimately, we all take responsibility for not doing a more thorough job monitoring these frequently used third-party agents and Paramount has since been in regular dialogue with Asian American advocacy groups including the Japanese American Citizens League and the Media Action Network for Asian Americans to ensure that such a mistake does not happen in the future.”It should not have happened at all. M. Night shoud have caught this and Frank should've said something as well.
But anywho, there's more to this story here
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