7. White Tiger Lily - Pan
The Moment: Despite classic Peter Pan character Tiger Lily being written as a Native American, the very, very white Rooney Mara will be playing her in Joe Wright's upcoming adaptation. Why It's Going To Suck: Because it completely changes the meaning of the character if she's white, and doesn't seem particularly respectful to the source material, nor the millions of Native American or ethnic actors who would have been better-suited to the part. ...And The Rest Of The Movie?: Well, this casting suggests that Joe Wright isn't at all making a faithful version of J.M. Barrie's classic novel, which can be either for better or for worse. This doesn't exactly get it off on the strongest foot, though, regardless of how bada** Hugh Jackman looks as Blackbeard and how cool Garret Hedlund is as the Indiana Jones-ified Captain Hook.
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