WHITEWASHING is a HUGE PROBLEM

The UK is a predominantly and more importantly ORIGINALLY a white country, it makes sense that tv would cater to the majority, and not to the whims of an offended minority. Move to india or china where all the actors are asian.

The UK is a predominantly and more importantly ORIGINALLY a white country, it makes sense that tv would cater to the majority, and not to the whims of an offended minority. Move to india or china where all the actors are asian.

And b4 anyone calls me racist I am asian myself, I just empathise with brits who feel their core culture is changing, its how I would feel if that ever happened to my home country.

1, Clearly your not that good.

I'm glad that you have racism to blame, as for your own mental health is probably better to have an excuse then to actually have to realize that you were never good enough.

2, its normal that the majority population of a country is reflected in their movies, Asian people are a minority, and should be represented in a minority of roles. I do think they are under-represented at the moment though in the UK, compared to black individuals. Maybe its just my experience, but despite being a smaller segment of the population, I tend to see far more representation for black people, then south Asian people.

The UK is a predominantly and more importantly ORIGINALLY a white country, it makes sense that tv would cater to the majority, and not to the whims of an offended minority. Move to india or china where all the actors are asian.

And b4 anyone calls me racist I am asian myself, I just empathise with brits who feel their core culture is changing, its how I would feel if that ever happened to my home country.

Names sell movies. Simple as that. Make a name for yourself, irregardless of race, and you'll be cast for big movies. Take Will Smith for example. Many of the roles he plays could easily be filled by a white guy instead. Some were even originally written for a white guy. But despite being black he gets them, because he's Will Smith, and that's a name that sells movies.

If you cba to do that then fine, go do whatever, but ranting online isn't going to help.

I love how this is the exact opinion I have myself, yet it's irritating hearing other people having the same opinion
OP I sympathize but unfortunately as crossafley said, that's just the way it is- it's nobody's fault really- you can't force people to be more accepting/like films, etc. with Asian leads, however unjustified it may seem

Your just assuming you outperformed the others though.... you may not have done.

I loved performing as a child.
I loved acting, singing and dancing.

I believed that I could be an actor like the greats I saw on television and in the movies.
As I grew older, it become evident that because I was of "ASIAN" descent, I would NEVER get the leading roles.

My first experience of whitewashing was when I was 11 years old.
I auditioned for Robin Hood, and even though I out sang and out performed every single other "white" person auditioning for the role, I lost out...
All throughout my high school, I was never given a chance to take centre stage. NEVER would as ASIAN be allowed to be the leading man..
Again, despite out-performing the caucasian cohort, I was also subjected to prejudice and thrown to one side to be a supporting character.

After joining an acting agency, the casting calls I got were all for "ASIAN MAN working in chinese take-away" or some bullsh*t lame stereotyped role...

Of course, it doesn't just stop there, I see examples of whitewashing everywhere..
From the live adaptation of Deathnote, to Dr. Strange, to Ghosts in a shell.

These are films specifically written for a leading asian character. Why then are caucasians allowed to play them, when no asians will ever be allowed to replace caucasian roles?

I finally left the film industry for good, deciding that I would never make a mark in show business because it was far too racist and prejudice.

My talents would be better used as a songwriter, a YouTuber and Vlogger.

SORRY FOR THE RANT GUYS, I had some steam to let off

Well, first of all, Robin Hood was a WHITE noble turned outlaw, not an Asian. Just because BBC's Merlin series 'blackwashed' Guinevere as a black woman doesn't mean theatre productions should

Secondly, It's the responsibility of Asians to up their acting game and raise their prestige if they want more roles, not of film producers and casting agents to do what's most politically correct. I do think it was a shame that they didn't cast someone like Ken Watanabe in Doctor Strange but I like Tilda Swinton so whatever. As for Ghost in the Shell, Kusanagi was always illustrated as being racially ambiguous which makes sense when you consider the fact that her body is completely artificial. For all we know, she could actually be a gay black man under there XD

I loved performing as a child.
I loved acting, singing and dancing.

I believed that I could be an actor like the greats I saw on television and in the movies.
As I grew older, it become evident that because I was of "ASIAN" descent, I would NEVER get the leading roles.

My first experience of whitewashing was when I was 11 years old.
I auditioned for Robin Hood, and even though I out sang and out performed every single other "white" person auditioning for the role, I lost out...
All throughout my high school, I was never given a chance to take centre stage. NEVER would as ASIAN be allowed to be the leading man..
Again, despite out-performing the caucasian cohort, I was also subjected to prejudice and thrown to one side to be a supporting character.

After joining an acting agency, the casting calls I got were all for "ASIAN MAN working in chinese take-away" or some bullsh*t lame stereotyped role...

Of course, it doesn't just stop there, I see examples of whitewashing everywhere..
From the live adaptation of Deathnote, to Dr. Strange, to Ghosts in a shell.

These are films specifically written for a leading asian character. Why then are caucasians allowed to play them, when no asians will ever be allowed to replace caucasian roles?

I finally left the film industry for good, deciding that I would never make a mark in show business because it was far too racist and prejudice.

My talents would be better used as a songwriter, a YouTuber and Vlogger.

SORRY FOR THE RANT GUYS, I had some steam to let off