The actor criticized the lack of racial diversity in various Marvel movies; He also suggested hiring “the best person for the job,” regardless of race or gender.
Mexico City, June 28 (RT) .- The American actor Anthony Mackie, who plays Falcon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he has criticized the lack of racial diversity at Marvel Studios.
In the program Actors on Actors of Variety, in which he appeared alongside actor Daveed Diggs, Mackie was annoyed by the fact that in the seven Marvel films in which he has participated “every producer, every director, every stunt double, every costume designer, every production assistant, each person “was” white “.
In the same way, he also criticized the film Black Panther, where —explained— “you have a black director, a black producer, you have a black costume designer, you have a black choreographer”; which, according to the actor, “that is more racist than anything else.”
The actor stars in the series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Photo: Special
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“Because if you can only hire African-Americans for a black movie, are you saying they aren’t good enough when you have a mostly white cast?” He asks.
In that sense, Mackie suggested hiring “the best person for the job,” regardless of race or gender, “even if it means that we are going to get the two best women or that we are going to get the two best men.”
His statements come amid the social outbreak against racism in the United States, which took the form of massive protests after the death of African-American George Floyd in police custody, on May 25.
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