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Originally posted by makemefamous:
I told an agent I was born in Central America and he said my spanish must be like Mexico's since it's so close lol. Wow. I had to bite my tongue and explain why a white looking boy sounds like he's from South America - actually.

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Originally posted by AlexJ:

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Originally posted by makemefamous:
I told an agent I was born in Central America and he said my spanish must be like Mexico's since it's so close lol. Wow. I had to bite my tongue and explain why a white looking boy sounds like he's from South America - actually.

I can't imagine the steam that'd come out of these people's heads from confusion if they met an Asian person speaking Brazilian Portuguese. What did your agent do with you client-wise after you befuddled him?

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Originally posted by TRUTHTELLER59:

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Originally posted by Prospect19:

We have seen this issue with "The Last Airbender" where they took Dev Patel, an Indian for a character that obviously isn't Indian. And the audience didn't find it convincing.

That was NOT the case with Last Airbender. It was just plain racist as a whole.

The cartoon was based on elements of Asia and Inuit culture and so the lead characters were supposed to be Asian or Inuit. In the casting, however, it said CAUCASIAN ONLY. They didn't even give Asians or anyone of Inuit descent a chance to audition for the leads. And NONE of those white actors cast as leads were stars so you can't argue star power to help sell the movie.

And as a failed attempt to avoid people calling racist (many did!), they randomly cast Dev Patel as the token Asian and made him as the villain. And of course Zuko, the character whom Dev played, is supposed to be from a Japanese/Chinese like samurai nation.