You know, my 15 year old refuses to see it. "You know, younger people don't know it as much.
The 'Stillwater' actor - who has Isabella, 15, Gia, 12, and Stella, 10, with wife Luciana Barroso and is stepfather to 22-year-old Alexia - recently admitted his teenage daughter loves to mock his work, including 'The Great Wall'.Īsked if fans still associate him with his breakout movie 'Good Will Hunting', he said: "Sure, yeah-fewer and fewer. It’s an outsider comes into a new culture, finds value in the culture, brings some skill from the outside that aids them in their fight against whatever and they’re all changed forever.”
He said: “I saw the movie as the exact same plot as 'Lawrence of Arabia', 'Dances with Wolves', 'Avatar'. The flop film was hit by allegations of whitewashing but Matt insisted he felt there was an important message within the story. I hope to never have that feeling again.” “That’s as s***** as you can feel creatively, I think. I am definitely going to die here, but I’m doing it.’” It’s the up at dawn siege on Hamburger Hill.
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“I came to consider that the definition of a professional actor knowing you’re in a turkey and going, ‘OK, I’ve got four more months. Speaking to Marc Maron on his 'WTF' podcast, Matt said: “I was like, this is exactly how disasters happen. The 50-year-old actor admitted he felt "as s***** as you can feel creatively" when making the 2016 film - in which he starred as a mercenary warrior imprisoned within the Great Wall of China before joining forces with the Chinese to combat an alien invasion - and he knew the project was doomed when he saw how the movie's Hollywood backers were pressuring director Zhang Yimou to change his vision. It will be released in China in December, followed by a February 2017 release in the U.S.Matt Damon knew 'The Great Wall' was "a turkey" during filming. “The Great Wall” finished filming in July 2015. The article recalls several past incidences, such as last summer when director Cameron Crowe received criticism for casting white actress Emma Stone to play an Asian-Pacific Islander in the movie “Aloha.” In 2011, actor Christian Bale starred in another Zhang Yimou film, “The Flowers of War,” while the 2015 film “Dragon Blade” starred John Cusack and Adrien Brody alongside Jackie Chan. Of course, the so-called whitewashing of the entertainment industry is not a new phenomenon in Hollywood, nor is it unheard of in China. In the process of filming it, I made every effort to retain authentic Chinese elements.”
He explained: “This movie is told from the viewpoint of an American audience. Others are glad that, even if the lead actor is white, most of the other actors in the film are Asian, and many are Chinese.Īccording to news site Guancha, the renowed Chinese director himself responded to criticism over his casting decision in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. Some muse that since so much of the screenwriting and investment was handled by Americans, there is little that can be done. “If white actors are forgiven for having a box office failure once in a while, why can’t a POC sometimes have one?” Wu also called out the underlying prejudice in the situation-the fact, she explained, that in popular culture, only white people can ever "save the world" and be the heroes.Ĭhinese netizens, meanwhile, have expressed mixed opinions, according to a report on. Wu wrote a long Twitter post on July 29, excoriating the movie for what Wu sees as inexcusable Hollywood "whitewashing." The actress addressed one common argument, which is that films starring people of color don’t do as well in the box office: “Money is the lamest excuse in the history of being human,” Wu said. One of the most vocal detractors so far has been Chinese-American actress Constance Wu. However, what has many netizens up in arms is the fact that a white actor, Matt Damon, was cast in the movie’s leading role. Stars involved in the project include Pedro Pascal (“Game of Thrones”), Hong Kong actor Andy Lau and Chinese actress Jing Tian. The first trailer for the latest Zhang Yimou-directed film, “The Great Wall,” was released last week on July 28.
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