However, some critics countered that Chinese co-financing is not a legitimate reason for casting Damon as a "white savior" in the movie.
The movie, a China-Hollywood co-production, will be distributed overseas, with its defenders saying that the plan to market it abroad is why Damon was cast. It also stars Andy Lau, Willem Dafoe, Eddie Peng and Pedro Pascal. The Great Wall, due for release in 2017, is highly anticipated by China-Hollywood watchers as it's Zhang's first English-language film and and could be the most expensive Chinese movie of all time. Others brought up comparisons to The Last Samurai, a 2003 movie starring Tom Cruise, about a retired US military officer hired to t rain the Japanese Army that, though critically received at the time, was criticized for featuring a white protagonist in a story about non-white ethnic groups.
The upcoming fantasy thriller about the Great Wall of China stars American actor Matt Damon as the protagonist who battles dragons besieging the wall built to protect China.Ĭritics ripped into the trailer, saying that it was another example of Hollywood racial bias in casting.Ĭonstance Wu, star of the ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat, posted on Twitter that Hollywood needs to stop perpetuating the myth that "only a white man can save the world. The movie trailer for the Zhang Yimou-directed The Great Wall was supposed to spark discussion about China-Hollywood film collaborations, but ins tead is being criticized for whitewashing Asian history.
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