By
Pike on
Monday July 29, 2024 08:59 pm
When Chris Carter spilled the beans on The X-Files reboot, he said that Ryan Coogler was working on a new version with "a diverse cast". How do you think it will translate?
Obviously, The X-Files had very little secondary characters. Most of the monster-of-the-week episodes were only starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson. Therefore, I imagine that the duo would be cast with minorities.
For instance, the reboot of Quantum Leap replaced Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell respectively with an Asian male actor and a non-binary actor.
My personal fear is that I don't see the artistic value of casting minorities just for the sake of it. For instance, X was an awesome character but not because the actor was black, just because Steven Williams was awesome and the writing was equally good. He clearly didn't win the part because of the color of his skin, but because he was so damn good. Simple as that.
Also, I'm merely asking the question: by only casting minorities in the main roles, isn't that a form of discrimination as well?
Finally, I believe that Disney proved time and time again that their recipe of creating reboots and remakes solely for the purpose of casting minorities was actually a recipe for failure. Many of their attempts failed at the box-office. I remember watching The Little Mermaid remake and thinking that they should have focused more of their attention on writing a killer script than spending all their energy on casting minorities as their only selling point.
I understand that this might be quite a political question, but what's your feeling about that?
