Angelus Errare
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People want Iron Fist to be Asian because they're tired of isms.
lol.
Shang-chi bruhs.
lol.
Shang-chi bruhs.
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RUMOR: Ryan Phillippe to play Iron Fist?
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John Dunbar
correct about everything
is this the guy who's married to buffy?
That's Freddie Prinze Jr.
CaptainTiptop
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Moon Knight would make a pretty freaking crazy TV show. I've wanted it since they announced these street-level Netflix shows.
E the Shaggy
Junior Member
I think Phillippe would make for a great Moon Knight, but I gotta agree that Iron Fist should be Asian.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
That would be AMAZING.
Fuck it, man. I'm making a thread to talk about potential MCU Moon Knight.
Fair enough. To avoid both tropes the only reasonable solution is to make Iron Fist Hispanic.
This is the guy who wanted to bang Buffy who was his sister.
I dunno if they're married. He boinged her (or came damn close) in the movie Cruel Intentions.
Also, she was his stepsister in that flick.
Yep.
spindashing
Banned
People are tired of sterotypes so...they want another stereotype instead?
I wouldn't mind if Danny ends up Asian American at all, but that rationality...lol.
Or, and I'm just speculating here, it's about the cringe I feel in my soul when I think about all those magical Asian side characters in a show about eastern mysticism and martial arts - being led by a blonde haired, blue eyed white dude.
Marvel has no meaningful Asian characters. This was their best shot.
Because we're never ever going to get a Shang-Chi series :-(
It can but doesn't have to. An Asian American Danny Rand could accomplish much of the same character arcs without the mighty whitey problems. Again though, Danny being white doesn't have to be a problem either.
Iron Fist isn't a Kung Fu superhero. His primary martial art is derived from K'un-Lun's fighting system.
And even if it was Kung Fu, why does it have to be a Chinese-American, as if Chinese people are the only ones that are able to practice Kung Fu?
Just because you don't care about Shang Chi doesn't mean that Marvel should have to completely change Danny Rand
cutmeamango
Banned
Make him native american.
I'm talking about the MCU.
There's not one damn thing that would need to change about Danny Rand if he were an Asian American.
Shang-Chi?
E the Shaggy
Junior Member
He meant in the Marvel movie verse of course, but hell, bring on Shang Chi too!
GuitarAtomik
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I was going to say he might be too old for Iron Fist, but after looking at some screencaps from Secrets and Lies, I'm going to take that back. I think he's a good choice if they actually give him some time to train a bit in martial arts.
Im generally just against changing the ethnicity of characters. I wasn't in the camp that wanted Donald Glover to be Peter Parker. I wasn't fond of The Last Airbender movie whitewashing its cast. Etc. Turning Danny Rand into an Asian replaces one movie trope with another more immediate cringe-inducing one.
Nothing, but a few people feel like this:
But it's not going to happen.
How on earth does his race changing affect him? He needs to be a) Culturally American, and b) have a rich family.
I meant in the MCU.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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I'm... okay with this. I'm indifferent to Phillipe. He's kind of a blank slate to me, like Cox was a blank slate to me as Matt Murdock. I only really knew of Krysten Ritter, which is why I'm super excited for Jessica Jones.
Showrun by Hannibal's Bryan Fuller.
Showrun by Hannibal's Bryan Fuller.
Brainiac 8
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This would remove one of the more interesting things about Iron Fist and his backstory.
Also, hopefully the show will have Shang-Chi in it, because his and Danny's friendship is super interesting.
Making him Asian wouldn't have to completely change Danny Rand. Him being white isn't important for reasons other than being out of his element in K'un-Lun and that can be done easily with any ethnicity.
What age are they going for? I assumed he would be younger?
NotTheGuyYouKill
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I hate Ryan Phillipe's hair though.
It always looks awful.
Always.
It always looks awful.
Always.
Que chingados .........?
Skinny Pete
Banned
He looks like he is 30 so it could work.
Yeah, I was hoping they would skew a lot younger.
thecouncil
Banned
This could easily be casting for anybody on the two remaining Netflix Marvel shows. I mean, these aren't shows with a single character.
So, what suggests it's Danny Rand other than blonde hair?
So, what suggests it's Danny Rand other than blonde hair?
DonasaurusRex
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pshhh Iron Fist is the gimpest of the weapons theres like 6 others all Asians in Kun Lun , not the end of the world. And Shang Chi needs to come anyway would be perfect along with Colleen and Misty
marvel you can do no wrong do it!
darkhunger
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Quake, who's practically the main character of Agents of SHIELD, is Asian though.
But I guess Asian women tend to be better represented than males in western media anyway.
The argument is that orientalism is overdone in Western media and has some sort of western superiority undertones to it. People were more asking for an Asian-AMERICAN to play a hero and a title character, not just an Asian, which Shang-Chi would be.
notworksafe
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So because he knows Kung Fu he's gotta be Chinese? Sounds a little suspect to me dawg.
Gotcha.
I could actually picture him as Danny's dad and have a supporting role via flashbacks to when Danny was a kid.
fallengorn
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Ryan Phillipe...eh, sure I guess?
Really, really hope they come on as secondary characters.
Really, really hope they come on as secondary characters.
fallengorn
Bitches love smiley faces
If it's between that and the Mighty Whitey trope, it's an easy decision.
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