Q: Should live-action movie remakes stay true to the ethnicity of the original characters?
“I don’t think so, because you don’t have to be a certain way or look a certain type to be good at something. And I don’t think that your race, or your color, or whatever, determines what you can do or what you can’t do.”
“Yes. It keeps the story intact and helps you visualize it better, I guess.”
“Pues yo pienso la verdad que muchos niños como vemos son diferentes tipos de colores, diferentes nacionalidades, diferentes culturas. Así que si ellos se sienten identificados con cierto carácter, pues, ¿por qué no deberían ser las nuevas así”?
“That is, like, a tricky question, because at the same time you are doing what you saw. However, if you are, like, redoing it, it’s because you want to, like, include everyone as well. So, like, I feel like there is a limit. However, like, the production, sometimes they [don’t] know how to stay right in that limit instead of, like, passing that limit, you know?”
“I feel like if the ethnicity of the character doesn’t necessarily influence the plot of the movie, it shouldn’t really be important. But if the ethnicity of the character is something that defines the character, then they should keep it as it is.”
–Compiled and photos by Abigail Ollave