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Edited by Fighteer on Dec 15th 2022 at 9:55:58 AM
Neither of those are Latino either (one's coded Asian and the other is a eastern european Romani). It's more likely they're race lifting somebody.
On the note of Chadwick, there is a bittersweetness to seeing that the movie he put so much passion into is carrying forward. It's a delicate situation but I trust Coogler and the crew to tackle with it properly.
I imagine BP 2 will open with a memorial on T'challa's honor (or his burial but that might be Too Soon).
"All you Fascists bound to lose."
"The man who opened us up to the world", I imagine. IMO they may be getting around to this film a bit too soon, but perhaps it's because they need the extra time to figure out how to handle the situation gracefully.
Huh. A Hispanic bad guy. That I was not expecting.
Either they're race lifting someone, or they went with a very interesting pick.
Unless...
You think he's playing Mephisto?
Edited by KnownUnknown on Nov 20th 2020 at 4:26:20 AM
"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
Lies and Violence!
I feel like that'd have a few Unfortunate Implications.
In what way?
She's Super-Skrull's daughter though.
Edited by Cortez on Nov 20th 2020 at 10:29:45 AM
The ultimate evil and the closest thing Marvel has to Satan being Latino would be easy to read uncomfortably to say the least.
That being said if he's gonna show up as human at all he's got to have some ethnic appearance so you're bound to offend someone anyway. Unless you hire several diverse people to play him taking different shapes, or he's inhuman looking enough to the point of being unrecognizable as any race.
When the idea popped in my head, I imagined Huerta voicing and mo-capping a largely CGI being anyway, instead of awkwardly having Mephisto be represented as human like the Ghost Rider movies did.
"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
Hell, even making Mephisto white would come with its own Unfortunate Implications regarding white Europeans as default.
Funny but not helpful
Idea: have him played by a different actor every scene
Forever liveblogging the Avengers
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That’s what I would do. Different races, genders, and one A-list cameo for giggles.
As long as they don’t make him stereotypically Latino I think Huerta’s role should be fine. Especially since the heroes are also people of color. We Latinxs want to have fun playing the supervillains too, ya know?
Edited by Tuckerscreator on Nov 20th 2020 at 8:54:14 AM
There's a lot of telenovelas with latin actors playing el diablo.
This really seems like a reach.
I don't see why it would be.
Edited by Cortez on Nov 20th 2020 at 1:13:42 PM
As a Latino (if one of the Latino odd man out of Brazil) I would agree. As long as he's no stereotypical go for it.
Hell, I'm even partial to the idea of incrementing elements of Mexican portrayals of the Devil if done with care by someone who knows what they're doing.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."
The Head of the Hydra
It would be pretty cool if there was more to his design than just being a red guy.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
But are there any with a latin actor played El Diablo Robotico?
One Strip! One Strip!
The Camp Crystal Lake Slasher
Mexicans Love Speedy Gonzales is a trope for a reason.
Jason has come back to kill for Mommy.
Lies and Violence!
Well. This all goes to show what I know about anything.
Oh, and he doesn't say it out loud, but judging by his comment to Hemsworth's instagram post, Chris Pratt basically just confirmed he'll be in Love and Thunder.
We probably knew that already, but whatever!
I want a “Thor getting back in shape” montage.
Surrounded by weirdoes
What would it involve? Thor wrestling dragons?
Wake me up at your own risk.
Disasturbator
Thor goes for off screen work out with The Hulk
Funny but not helpful
Fat Thor had its problems but I hope they let Hemsworth settle on a medium instead of going back to super ripped and also majorly dehydrated
Forever liveblogging the Avengers
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
I still think fat Endgame Thor with the braided beard is the best MCU Thor has ever looked. That was the first time I looked at MCU Thor and didn't see Chris Hemsworth, I saw THOR, Norse god of lightning.
Wonder who could Huerta be playing? I can't think of anyone from BP's rogue gallery who is latino.
Maybe... Namor? DOOM?
Edited by Akirakan on Nov 20th 2020 at 6:27:20 AM