Ed Skrein was in Deadpool, then he got cast in the Hellboy reboot as Major Ben Daimio. In the comic book that character is Asian. Ed Skrein isn’t Asian. This made people MAD ONLINE, so he dropped out of the movie and wrote this thing and posted it on Twitter.
— Ed Skrein (@edskrein) August 28, 2017
Damn. It sucks that fictional characters have to be same race when people make a movies about them, because I was really looking forward to Idris Elba as James Bond and Lakeith Stanfield as The Joker. I can’t believe…wait, sorry…I just received word that the “fictional character” argument only works if the fictional character is white. If the fictional character is white, it can be played by anyone of any race. Sorry for the confusion there. I guess white actors can just move behind the camera and make all the decisions, because we all know that true diversity begins and ends with what’s on the display shelf. Good job, everyone!
Ed Skrein Hellboy
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Ed Skrein Hellboy #1
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Ed Skrein attends "Deadpool" Fan Event at AMC Empire Theatre on February 8, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/FilmMagic)
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NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Ed Skrein attends "Deadpool" Fan Event at AMC Empire Theatre on February 8, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/FilmMagic)
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NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Actor Ed Skrein attends the "Deadpool" fan event at AMC Empire Theatre on February 8, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
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Ed Skrein Hellboy #4
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Actor Ed Skrein attends the "Deadpool" fan event at AMC Empire Theatre on February 8, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
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Ed Skrein Hellboy #5
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Ed Skrein attends "Deadpool" Fan Event at AMC Empire Theatre on February 8, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/FilmMagic)
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Ed Skrein Hellboy #6
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Actor Ed Skrein attends the "Deadpool" fan event at AMC Empire Theatre on February 8, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
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Ed Skrein Hellboy #7
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Actor Ed Skrein attends the "Deadpool" fan event at AMC Empire Theatre on February 8, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
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Ed Skrein Hellboy #8
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Ed Skrein attends "Deadpool" Fan Event at AMC Empire Theatre on February 8, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/FilmMagic)
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Ed Skrein Hellboy #9
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Ed Skrein attends "Deadpool" Fan Event at AMC Empire Theatre on February 8, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/FilmMagic)
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Ed Skrein Hellboy #10
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Ed Skrein attends "Deadpool" Fan Event at AMC Empire Theatre on February 8, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/FilmMagic)
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Ed Skrein Hellboy #11
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Ed Skrein attends "Deadpool" Fan Event at AMC Empire Theatre on February 8, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/FilmMagic)
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Ed Skrein Hellboy #12
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Ed Skrein attends "Deadpool" Fan Event at AMC Empire Theatre on February 8, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/FilmMagic)
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Ed Skrein Hellboy #13
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Ed Skrein attends "Deadpool" Fan Event at AMC Empire Theatre on February 8, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/FilmMagic)
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Ed Skrein Hellboy #14
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Actor Ed Skrein attends the "Deadpool" fan event at AMC Empire Theatre on February 8, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images)
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Ed Skrein Hellboy #15
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Actor Ed Skrein attends the "Deadpool" fan event at AMC Empire Theatre on February 8, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/WireImage)
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Ed Skrein Hellboy #16
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Actor Ed Skrein attends the "Deadpool" fan event at AMC Empire Theatre on February 8, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/WireImage)
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Ed Skrein Hellboy #17
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - SEPTEMBER 27: Ed Skrein attends the 'Northmen - A Viking Saga' Press Conference during Day 3 of Zurich Film Festival 2014 on September 27, 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images for ZFF)
