Chinese Australians angry at Gallipoli TV casting
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8670531.stm
"........Billy Sing was a hero of the Gallipoli campaign in World War I, but a TV drama has him cast as a white man.
The producers say they could not find a 60-year-old Chinese actor to play Billy Sing's father, so both parts will be played by white actors........"
What's next - a black guy playing Thor? Oh, wait, I think they're doing that.
But really, when you are doing a movie about a real person I think you should try a little harder to get the basic facts right.
Few kids these days realize that movies about an "historical event" have a lot of license taken with facts.
".....could not find a 60-year-old Chinese actor ....." weak - really, really weak.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Sing
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