Damon blames social media ‘clickbait’ for stoking race row over role in Zhang Yimou fantasy action epic Matt Damon has hit back at accusations of that he has participated in “whitewashing” through his involvement in forthcoming historical epic The powerful Wall,a large-scale Hollywood-Chinese co-production.
Speaking to the Associated Press while promoting the film in Beijing, Damon said: “The whole idea of whitewashing, and I purchase that very seriously ... it’s a monster movie and it’s a historical fantasy and I didn’t purchase a role absent from a Chinese actor. It wasn’t altered because of me in any way.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com