12-29-2024, 03:55 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-29-2024, 03:57 AM by Hap Shaughnessy.)
https://www.resetera.com/threads/park-sunghoon-a-cis-man-is-playing-the-role-of-a-trans-woman-in-squid-games-s2.1052565/page-4#post-133538442
Embiid wrote:I made a few posts on this in the OT, she was awesome and seems to be well received.
ClickyCal' wrote:Haven't watched yet so I can't say how it's actually interpretated, but I personally can't be accepting of the cis man in the role. Especially when multiple examples of Korean trans women are right there.You can't just go like… "see? We found a trans Korean actress, there's no excuse!". Like that's not how casting works. What if she was doing another project or not good enough or declined or any number of other reasons? The director said they tried to find one but that there's "close to none openly trans actresses in Korea" and I'm inclined to believe him due to the anti-LGBT mess there. Ultimately, I thought he did the character justice, she ended up being the MVP of the season.