⟳ Репост от Jess Whitecroft (she/her)
wait wait wait wait. there was a real life chinese magician who got ripped off by a white guy doing yellowface, and as a nod to that history nolan brought in a chinese actor but as the white guy???
Jess Whitecroft (she/her)Christopher Nolan casting Chao-Li Chi as Chung Ling Soo in The Prestige. You want to talk about Nolan casting someone of the 'wrong' race for a historical role? Let's talk about that, because holy shit how do you miss an opportunity to tell THAT story?