• GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Man, so....behind the scenes story with the making of Planet of the Apes. They actually caught shit in early production from the NAACP for not hiring black actors and they had to expl that they weren't sure which would come off worse.

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      The medium backgro actors were like...pretty much exclus Phillipino as well because they needed a quick and easy way to do the makeup. The designer kinda accidentally figured it out while doing makeup tests that just skin tone and general facial structure it was the safest bet and would minimize sending extras away and needing replacements or doing custom makeup for several hundred people. He was like, super hesitant to bring it up as a solution and did really try to figure a way around it. They knew they were saying with fire regarding the casting, which like, if you see the final movie suing an ape in it really isn't an insult per se but you wouldn't know that before it was filmed.