He doesn’t have to be familiar, but I would imagine he would be just a little bit curious as to who the person was he would be portraying; maybe do a little research. Or, I guess after his agent told him he got the part he knows noting about, he just planned to to kick his feet up until the first day of filming.

I’m curious as to why no-one has called bullshit on Skrein’s excuse that he didn’t know the character was half-Japanese. He went for a role (presumably he auditioned) and did no research, reading, investigation into the character he was going for - it’s not like it’s a minor role with a general description. He didn’t…