Congrats, Twitter. In the past couple of days, the subjects of two hashtag campaigns calling for diversity in the entertainment industry have recognised your valiant efforts, and have even thrown their clout behind your online activism.
Coinciding with Gillian Anderson’s A++ response to the calls for a female #NextBond, actor John Cho has come out in support of the similar #StarringJohnCho, where some deadset Photoshop pros have reimagined blockbuster posters with *gasp* an Asian-American lead:
F*** you Mars.#TheMartian #StarringJohnCho pic.twitter.com/izhHlaGgPz
— #StarringJohnCho (@starringjohncho) May 11, 2016
DUNN: How did you get in the plane?
HUNT: I’m not in the plane, I’m ON the plane! Open the door!#StarringJohnCho pic.twitter.com/qUtE6Jvi4Y— #StarringJohnCho (@starringjohncho) May 10, 2016
You only get one life. It’s actually your duty to live it as fully as possible. @mebeforeyou #StarringJohnCho pic.twitter.com/p08DXSnCOJ
— #StarringJohnCho (@starringjohncho) May 8, 2016
The reason: well, why shouldn’t we get to see more PoC inhabiting leading roles?
Cho feels the same way. Speaking to Yahoo!7, the actor said the whole push “was kind of silly, but then people really did have that discussion, and it did get people thinking about it.
I felt like it was me on the poster but it wasn’t really about me. I really dig it.”
It’s a similar attitude towards women. There’s so much chauvinism in the world and patriarchal viewpoints but it’s so embedded in our culture that people don’t even realise.That’s what the hash tag is highlighting, like, ‘Are you aware this is happening?’”
Not bad at all, lads.
