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* ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'': The very white, very British Creator/BenedictCumberbatch was cast as (the AlternateTimeline version of) the specifically-ethnic [[Characters/StarTrekTheOriginalSeriesKhanNoonienSingh Khan Noonien Singh]], a Sikh from India. Fans ''instantly'' cried RaceLift. Needless to say, his performance was acclaimed; it's one of the few aspects of the film that the vast majority of watchers, including the film's (rather sizeable) swath of Trekkie detractors, applaud. Additionally, a couple [[AuthorsSavingThrow Authors' Saving Throws]] have come out: one a tie-in prequel which made the RaceLift in-universe canon to hide his identity, the other WordOfGod about how, given the character's acts of terrorist violence within the film, casting someone of the proper ethnicity might have generated [[MiddleEasternTerrorists unneeded controversy]]. Finally, it's worth noting that the character has a history of merely being AmbiguouslyBrown; the original actor approached for the role was Creator/BenicioDelToro, and the actor who originated the PrimeTimeline role in TheSixties was Creator/RicardoMontalban.
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* ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'': The very white, very British Creator/BenedictCumberbatch was cast as (the AlternateTimeline version of) the specifically-ethnic [[Characters/StarTrekTheOriginalSeriesKhanNoonienSingh Khan Noonien Singh]], a Sikh from India. Fans ''instantly'' cried RaceLift. Needless to say, his performance was acclaimed; it's one of the few aspects of the film that the vast majority of watchers, including the film's (rather sizeable) swath of Trekkie detractors, applaud. Additionally, a couple [[AuthorsSavingThrow Authors' Saving Throws]] have come out: one a A tie-in prequel which made tried to fix this by making the RaceLift in-universe canon to hide his identity, the other WordOfGod about how, given the character's acts of terrorist violence within the film, casting someone of the proper ethnicity might have generated [[MiddleEasternTerrorists unneeded controversy]]. Finally, it's worth noting that the character has a history of merely being AmbiguouslyBrown; the original actor approached for the role was Creator/BenicioDelToro, and the actor who originated the PrimeTimeline role in TheSixties was Creator/RicardoMontalban.identity.
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* The Japanese series ''Series/UtsukushiiKare'' ("'My Beautiful Man''") has a rare inversion: Kiyoi, one of the main characters along with his love interest Hira, is played by Yusei Yagi, a BoyBand member with little prior experience in acting. What won him the role was the fact he had the looks to be convincing as the "beautiful man" of the title and justify Hira's LoveAtFirstSight obsession with Kiyoi. The series proved to be a BreakOutRole for him, and he went on to have appearances in other TV shows and films.
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** Creator/JaredHarris looks and sounds nothing like the actual King George VI, but was widely praised for the role, anyway.
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** Creator/JaredHarris looks and sounds nothing like the actual [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor King George VI, VI]], but was widely praised for the role, anyway.
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** The very conventionally-handsome and brown-eyed Creator/DominicWest freely admitted that the only part of him that physically resembles his character is "his hair from the back", but still delivered an excellent performance as Prince Charles in Season 5.
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** The very conventionally-handsome and brown-eyed Creator/DominicWest freely admitted that the only part of him that physically resembles his character is "his hair from the back", but still delivered an excellent performance as [[UsefulNotes/CharlesIII Prince Charles Charles]] in Season 5.
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** Ben Urich is typically portrayed as white in the comics. The show has him portrayed by African-American Vondie Curtis-Hall, but his race doesn't do much to affect his role aside from the casting of his wife.
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** Ben Urich is typically portrayed as white in the comics. The show has him portrayed by African-American Vondie Curtis-Hall, Creator/VondieCurtisHall, but his race doesn't do much to affect his role aside from the casting of his wife.
