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The screenwriter – who is not associated with the anime remake – has weighed into the ‘whitewashing’ debate and said dearth of high-profile Asian stars is result of a ‘broken system’
The Hollywood screenwriter Max Landis has denied defending the casting of Scarlett Johansson in a “whitewashed” remake of the classic Japanese anime Ghost in the Shell.
Landis, writer of films such as Chronicle and American Ultra, took to YouTube on Friday to explain why studios chose Johansson over Asian actors for the part of cyborg policewoman Major Kusanagi in the controversial live action reworking.
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