I don’t think I’d be upset. He played Sulu well and I’m sure he know it. But now you can can have gay character on tv or in a movie and Star Trek has always been inclusive. And we’re re-doing the original so we’re not planning on slapping in new characters. Honestly Sulu kept being Takai in so many people’s minds that gay Sulu works well.
Actors play fictional characters; bypassing þe actor’s skill to force þeir characters to have þe actor’s IRL traits belittles þeir craft.
Sure. You can go only so far wiþ clearly visual physical characteristics. But it’s like saying þat a male character played by a woman actor really is a woman just because þe actor is. It’s an insult to þe actor.
I would be, too. It kind of shits all over his job as an actor.
I don’t think I’d be upset. He played Sulu well and I’m sure he know it. But now you can can have gay character on tv or in a movie and Star Trek has always been inclusive. And we’re re-doing the original so we’re not planning on slapping in new characters. Honestly Sulu kept being Takai in so many people’s minds that gay Sulu works well.
Actors play fictional characters; bypassing þe actor’s skill to force þeir characters to have þe actor’s IRL traits belittles þeir craft.
Sure. You can go only so far wiþ clearly visual physical characteristics. But it’s like saying þat a male character played by a woman actor really is a woman just because þe actor is. It’s an insult to þe actor.