And I need an investigation to see whether she’s sent any emails telling her staff to buy Ivanka’s tacky crap. Then we can go full circle on this shit.

If it was this franchise and I was in Scarlett Johansson’s position as someone who already has plenty of money and fame and already regularly stars in Marvel films, I’d have said “No, you need to give that part to a Japanese actress and hype her the fuck up.”

Yessss

YES!

um.....Lock Her Up?

The producers seemed determined to secure a known quantity to lead the film

I’m sure she’s telling herself the backlash will die down once people see her performance. Which... I’m already predisposed to hate any adaptation of anime I love, I’m sure other fans are too, so I don’t foresee anyone being overjoyed about her performance. Maybe people who don’t know the series? But she’s trying to…

He’s no Luke Cage, but he’s definitely not Black Widow.

This. I would be so much more interested in this movie if they had cast Rinko Kikuchi instead. Just based off her work in Pacific Rim I think she would have been great for this.

Literally just made the same comment! It’s so transparent that she just wanted to be the star, don’t act like it’s for some big altruistic reason Scar. And I agree, I’ve been loving how much more diversity the new Star Wars films have had, but I wish they would extend that diversity to their (still small number of)…

Wow. Aren’t you a horrible piece of shit. You see a woman who has lived in this country since she was 14, being deported in front of her children and all you can think about is “breaking the law”. When laws are more important than human beings, then the laws are nothing more than oppression. Don’t hide behind the…

Yea, like Scar-Jo, you know what is an even more rare opportunity, since you care about those so damn much, a female led franchise film staring a WOC. You essentially took that opportunity away from someone(yea sure they could have hired another white actress, but if all the white actresses said no...like they…

Oh fuck you with a rusty crowbar for this bullshit. You’re a fucking sociopath if you’re unable to have some empathy for this woman and think that this is both a good thing for the country and a good way to use ICE resources.

I think they know a Black Widow solo film wouldn’t sell as well as other properties. I’ll bet they’ve done tons of market research and found her and Hawkeye on the bottom of the list of wanted solo movies.

is the proper penalty for an incredibly minor infraction to be exiled?
if you’ve ever parked crookedly, i hope they kick you out of the country.

There’s a host of amazingly talented non-white women out there who can be leads in anything. Stop making white women the default. It’s old and pathetic.

You literally said everything I came here to say. Her verbiage is SO telling.

Also, having a franchise with a female protagonist driving it is such a rare opportunity.

A few years ago I saw tons of those “I’m just going to throw a bunch of random stuff together” cosplayers at anime cons and they’d almost always be wearing a mask like this. I thought it was a little weird and misguided at the time but apparently I was wrong!
On the flip side though, I’d be ok if this became a trend…