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I am so excited about this film!
How do the native Hawaiians feel about the Princess being played by a non-Hawaiian? I seem to remember some controversy a few years back when there was talk of a movie about Kamehameha with Dwayne Johnson AKA The Rock (another non-Hawaiian) playing the lead role.
I love The Rock and Q'orianka - who both have Hawai'i links and have lived in the islands at some time in their lives - but I'm not Hawaiian. If they were playing Maori royalty, I may have a problem with that too.
It's funny that when our Maori actors go to Hollywood (see the Once Were Warriors thread) they have been cast as Mexicans, Columbians, Arabs and Indians (both native American and from India) - just off the top of my head. But in Aotearoa, they wouldn't play anything but a Maori.
I am so excited about this film!
How do the native Hawaiians feel about the Princess being played by a non-Hawaiian? I seem to remember some controversy a few years back when there was talk of a movie about Kamehameha with Dwayne Johnson AKA The Rock (another non-Hawaiian) playing the lead role.
I love The Rock and Q'orianka - who both have Hawai'i links and have lived in the islands at some time in their lives - but I'm not Hawaiian. If they were playing Maori royalty, I may have a problem with that too.
It's funny that when our Maori actors go to Hollywood (see the Once Were Warriors thread) they have been cast as Mexicans, Columbians, Arabs and Indians (both native American and from India) - just off the top of my head. But in Aotearoa, they wouldn't play anything but a Maori.
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