'God of Egypt' trailer, cast news & release date: Gerard Butler's latest movie with predominant white cast criticized
- 8 years ago
The trailer of Summit and Lionsgate's upcoming film "Gods of Egypt" slated to be released early in 2016 has gotten a lot of raves.
The posters, however, were not as successful with a lot of people picking apart on its choice of characters deemed, yet again, as another case of whitewashing in a historical film.
The cast of the movie was predominantly white with the two main characters of Egyptian Gods were portrayed by a couple of more popular white actors, Gerard Butler and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, The Grio reported.
The same backlash of disapproval from movie fans and critics was received by another historical-themed movie in Ridley Scott's "Exodus: Gods and Kings."
The director tried to justify his decision to cast white actors by saying that moviegoers are into films with more popular actors in it.
The posters, however, were not as successful with a lot of people picking apart on its choice of characters deemed, yet again, as another case of whitewashing in a historical film.
The cast of the movie was predominantly white with the two main characters of Egyptian Gods were portrayed by a couple of more popular white actors, Gerard Butler and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, The Grio reported.
The same backlash of disapproval from movie fans and critics was received by another historical-themed movie in Ridley Scott's "Exodus: Gods and Kings."
The director tried to justify his decision to cast white actors by saying that moviegoers are into films with more popular actors in it.