jknezek
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Dec 19, 2016
But who would know? A director casts who they want because "best" is up to them. There is simply no way to decide if it is political or not. A director has a vision. If the vision is for the lead to be a minority, you screen minorities. If the vision is ambiguous, you screen anyone that meets the requirements. If it's for a white kid, maybe that's all you screen.Casting the best person for the character is not "political." Casting a person for any other reason than they are best suited for the character is "political."
It's a dang movie. If we all sat through Jack Mathew Lloyd as Annakin Skywalker I think we can agree that, especially with kids, "best" isn't easy to decide on. Sometimes I think a cardboard cut out or a muppet would have been better than what came "best" in that role.