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Ed Skrein from Hellboy | PopCultureQuotes.com

It is clear that representing this character in a culturally accurate way holds significance for people, and that to neglect this responsibility would continue a worrying tendency to obscure ethnic minority stories and voices in the Arts. I feel it is important to honour and respect that.

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By: Ed Skrein
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comic Based | Crime | Fantasy | Remakes | Science Fiction

Context:
Skrein responded to backlash against his casting in the Hellboy franchise reboot by relinquishing the role he had been cast in. The 34-year-old British actor has earlier tweeted that he would be playing Major Ben Daimio, a character that was Asian American in Mike Mignola’s “Hellboy” comics. The news was met with complaints that Hollywood was once again “whitewashing” an Asian character.

source: www.washingtonpost.com,  

Extended clips with Charlize Theron in Atomic Blonde including a wicked tongue kiss with Sofia Boutella

Universal Pictures has revealed two extended clips of Oscar winner Charlize Theron in Atomic Blonde, a breakneck action-thriller that follows Agent Lorraine Broughton, MI6’s most lethal assassin through a ticking time bomb of a city simmering with revolution and double-crossing hives of traitors. Atomic Blonde stars Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman, Til Schweiger, Eddie ….