Mamoru Oshii says he has no issue with casting of Scarlett Johansson since character is a cyborg and despite her name,‘her physical form is an assumed one’The director of the original Ghost in the Shell, Mamoru Oshii, or has weighed in on the whitewashing controversy surrounding the remake,saying that there is no basis for the criticism leveled at the decision to cast Scarlett Johansson in the lead role rather than an Asian actor. Related: Worse than a whitewash: has Ghost in the Shell been Hollywoodised? Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com