Tom holland

I've not seen any of that regarding Joe playing Wiccan rather than a Jewish actor. Either I don't spend enough time on the internet to see this, or it's just a loud minority shouting for it who fail to realise the MCU isn't the comics. Besides, it's only rumoured at this point he's playing Wiccan because of fan casting.
the second the casting of joe on the agatha show was announced, twitter and tik tok started throwing a fit and fancasting jewish actors to play the role instead. if tom had gotten that role, he would've likely gotten the same treatment
 
He talks a lot about his poor mental health when interviewing for these projects. That concerns me a little and I wonder if it's these projects that do it.
 
the second the casting of joe on the agatha show was announced, twitter and tik tok started throwing a fit and fancasting jewish actors to play the role instead. if tom had gotten that role, he would've likely gotten the same treatment
So a small but loud minority, as per usual. Hate how Twitter etc. is now seen as the general consensus of society. I would bet 99% didn't even give a fuck. And again, it's not been confirmed, only rumoured he is playing Wiccan.
 
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No. Wiccan's thing is that he's gay. And people would throw a fit if an actor who's not openly gay/bi played him. They're already throwing a fit that he might be getting played by joe, when they want a jewish actor to play him
And yet people didn't really complain about Elizabeth Olsen playing Scarlet Witch and Oscar Isaac playing Moon Knight. We all know the real reason they don't like Joe Locke's casting, but I'm going to be nice today and drop the subject.
 
No, there have been complaints from the same people in regards to Scarlet Witch and Moon Knight. They've complained about it with potential casting on the Thing and Magneto as well, I'm sure Kitty Pryde will be the same. Yes, it is a very vocal minority, but they do exist. Technically there is no confirmation that Joe is playing Wiccan yet. I just think you're never going to be able to get all different aspects of a character (looks, age, race, ethnicity, acting, language, etc...). In the case of Wiccan casting someone that looks like the character, is the correct age, is the same sexuality, and is also the right ethnicity, plus also being able to act and not having a problematic online presence (which is a huge thing they have to consider when casting nowadays). This really isn't the thread for this, but just wanted to say, yes they've definitely spoken about that. I think it's more important that even if they cast someone of a different ethnicity, they make sure that is part of the character. Which they didn't do with Scarlet Witch and barley did in Moon Knight. I know that wouldn't address the issue with what people specifically had, but at least they're being more authentic to the original character.
 
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I think it's more important that even if they cast someone of a different ethnicity, they make sure that is part of the character. Which they didn't do with Scarlet Witch and barley did in Moon Knight. I know that wouldn't address the issue with what people specifically had, but at least they're being more authentic to the original character.
Actually, the character Oscar Isaac played in Moon Knight is white as hell in the comics, so there's no whitewashing to be had there. Nobody cared about casting an actor of color in that part nor should they. What they changed was adding an actual Middle Eastern love interest, which was appropriate given the source material.
 
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Actually, the character Oscar Isaac played in Moon Knight is white as hell in the comics, so there's no whitewashing to be had there. Nobody cared about casting an actor of color in that part nor should they. What they changed was adding an actual Middle Eastern love interest, which was appropriate given the source material.
Moon Knight is Jewish in the comics. Oscar Isaac isn't. That was what the "controversy" (if it can even be called that) was about.