But Danny Rand is white in the comics, why is anyone surprised they would pick a white actor?
Because we had a petition here, because people have been pushing for an Asian Iron Fist since before Daredevil came out. quite a few posts have been circulating about how much Iron Fist would mean if it he was Asian. Not to mention DC has been racebending quite a few characters (Aquaman, Iris West, Deadshot) and we hoped that Marvel would try catching up by racebending a few characters too. But apparently that’s impossible and they refuse.
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… because the CEO of Marvel has put his foot down, apparently, and does so on a regular basis.
Isaac Perlmutter has donated to the Trump and Rubio campaigns and is on record saying super shitty racist things.