‘Twilight 2′: Diversity Casting Isn’t Hard

COMMENTS (22)

• What would be nice is if they didn’t wait for special circumstances to cast with diversity.

  You know, so movies and TV shows set in say, New York City, could actually look like um, New York City, and not some weirdly distorted who-even-wants-to-say-why version?

  Or if nothing else, just so we could retire the word “token”?

  That would be nice.

  Comment by Ella — Monday March 23, 2009 @ 7:11pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Huzzah! Now why does this seem like such a monumental ass-pain to the folks making ‘The Last Airbender’?

  Comment by Joanna — Monday March 23, 2009 @ 7:23pm PDT  Reply to this post

• How is it diverse when everyone is of the same race? It’s the opposite of diversity.

  Comment by Get a clue — Monday March 23, 2009 @ 7:46pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Great question! Diversity or the level thereof is generally an indication of non-white, non-caucasian participation.

    Comment by Jimbo — Sunday November 22, 2009 @ 7:06pm PST  Reply to this post

• It usually just takes one person to break through prejudice. Good for them.

  Comment by anotherWGAmember — Monday March 23, 2009 @ 8:13pm PDT  Reply to this post

• The cast is really creating buzz in Vancouver. It’s a city with a large native population and the positive influence this will have on the local youth is amazing.

  Good for the production!

  Comment by original joe — Monday March 23, 2009 @ 8:56pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Because whenever I think of Native Americans, I think of werewolves. Delightful! I hate to guess what they’ll cast the Jewish actors as.

  Comment by Dorothy — Monday March 23, 2009 @ 9:22pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Funny – Like Joanna, the first thing that came to mind for me was The Last Airbender, too! – a movie about ancient Asian civilizations with an all-white cast. thanks for selling out, M. Night!

  Comment by steven — Monday March 23, 2009 @ 9:27pm PDT  Reply to this post

• They are not actually cast as werewolves, they are supposed to be shape shifters Dorothy. And this is not a slight on the Native Americans, it has a back story to it which is explained in the saga and is actually implying how close to nature the Native Americans are. Why you even needed to make a comment about Jews is beyond me!

  Comment by Emma — Tuesday March 24, 2009 @ 4:23am PDT  Reply to this post

• Excuse me, but these aren’t ordinary werewolves (or shapeshifters, if that’s what you want to call them). They are cradle-robbing werewolves. They get a hard-on when they see babies. So, keep your baby daughters away from these perverts.

  Comment by Satan's PA — Tuesday March 24, 2009 @ 6:31am PDT  Reply to this post

• Satan – do you really think Stephenie Meyer’s saga would be so popular amongst so many diverse groups if it contained perverts in anyway shape or form?? If you think that then you have obvsiously misunderstood the context in which it was written. The characters in question are only teenage boys themselves and they do not ‘get a hard on’ when they see babies. The whole point of the story is that they imprint on a person which means they want to protect the object of their affections, if that object is a child it is in a fatherly way. Try getting your facts right before making such comments

  Comment by Emma — Tuesday March 24, 2009 @ 7:58am PDT  Reply to this post

• Well, if that was my baby daughter, I wouldn’t want that dude and his imprinting anywhere near her. It’s fucking creepy. Go imprint someone of your own age, you fucking child molester.

  Anyway, why am I even talking about this gigantic piece of shit? I mean, vampires that sparkle in the sunlight? It’s beyond retarded.

  The bottom line: Twilight is a huge success because teenage girls are fucking stupid.

  Comment by Satan's PA — Tuesday March 24, 2009 @ 11:26am PDT  Reply to this post

• It’s a success because its currently filling the void. There have always been a lack of good films for young adults, especially young women.

  I just finished reading the second book in the trilogy and yes there are some silly things in there. But it’s not all bad.

  Comment by Anonymous — Tuesday March 24, 2009 @ 12:48pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I think you’ll find that a good majority of the fans aren’t teenage girls. I for one am a married woman with a 4 year old of my own. Have you even read the saga???

  Comment by Emma — Tuesday March 24, 2009 @ 1:19pm PDT  Reply to this post

• how wonderful! I wasn’t too sure if I wanted to see the sequel, but now that I know how diverse the cast will be, well shoot, I simply can’t wait! Now lets all strip naked and sing “This land Is Your land, this land is my land…”

  Comment by Jeff — Tuesday March 24, 2009 @ 2:49pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Pay no attn to Satan’s senile dad. His position is typical of fanboys who rave about any kind of sadistic guts-n-gore comic-book crap, while reflexively damning anything or anyone that appeals to females of any age. Whether that’s the result of jealousy or galloping ignorance is a question I’ll leave to you.

  Comment by xlnta — Tuesday March 24, 2009 @ 3:35pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Get a Clue — you seem to have a pretty narrow definition of diversity. The new native American cast members are from a variety of different tribes and backgrounds. Sounds pretty diverse to me.

  Comment by Marley — Tuesday March 24, 2009 @ 3:44pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Emma, I think Stephanie is calling. Dinner’s ready. What a fucking apologist! LOL!

  Comment by Dorothy — Tuesday March 24, 2009 @ 4:33pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Thanks Dorothy!! lol. No but seriously, If anyone thought it was perverted (who has actually read the saga) then they completely misunderstood the whole concept, but anyway totally agree with you Marley, this was about diversity in film and yes they are now a pretty diverse cast.

  Comment by Emma — Wednesday March 25, 2009 @ 1:00am PDT  Reply to this post

• Well, if you ask me, Twilight could have used some guts-n-gore. I mean, hello, it has vampires and werewolves (oh, I’m sorry, shapeshifters) in it!

  Well, if you can call these poor excuses vampires. They are the lamest bunch of vampires I’ve ever seen. They’ve been totally pussified. Thank you very much, Stephenie Meyer. I bet Dracula is spinning in his coffin right now.

  I mean, really? A 100-year-old vampire who’s still a virgin? Who also has spent pretty much his entire life going from high school to high school? Vampires that sparkle in the sunlight? Vampire baseball? Vegetarian vampires? If you didn’t know any better, you’d think that this was a fucking parody on vampire movies. Come to think of it, it probably is.

  Comment by Satan's PA — Wednesday March 25, 2009 @ 5:23am PDT  Reply to this post

• Yeah, PC wins! We’re all good people now because we unquestionably cheer for diversity for diversity’s sake. Yeah! We’re good people.

  Comment by Greg — Wednesday March 25, 2009 @ 11:19pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Oh please, Greg, with the “PC” crap. The filmmakers were obviously trying to stay true to the book. What is so “PC” about media images reflecting the world we live in? And to Get a Clue: it’s diverse because with the native american actors there will be multiple races in the film, although I’m sure that the leads will all be mostly white, which will make you happy I’m sure.

  Comment by RLS — Thursday April 2, 2009 @ 11:49am PDT  Reply to this post