The Hispanic Tony Mendez in Argo (2012) – Played by Ben Affleck. (Photo: Instagram, @brookbowersguidetocinema)
The half-Ethiopian Nora in Warm Bodies (2013) – Played by Analeigh Tipton. (Photo: Instagram, @_michonne_queen_twd_life_)
Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games (2012) was supposed to be a “non-white character with dark, olive skin” – Played by Jennifer Lawrence. (Photo: Instagram, @katnisseverdeen)
The Korean Hae-Joo Chang in Cloud Atlas (2012) – Played by Jim Sturgess. (Photo: Instagram, @benji_edw)
Irene in Drive (2011) was supposed to be a Latina woman – Played by Carey Mulligan. (Photo: Instagram, @wonder_of_wonders)
Katara and Sokka in The Last Airbender (2010) were supposed to be Asian – Played by Nicola Peltz and Jackson Rathbone. (Photo: Instagram, @avatvrlegends)
Dastan in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) – Played by Jake Gyllenhaal. (Photo: Instagram, @jake.gyllenhaal.islife)
The Japanese Goku in Dragonball: Evolution (2009) – Played by Justin Chatwin. (Photo: Instagram, @creepy_girl_sally)
The Asian-American Ben Campell in 21 (2008) – Played by Jim Sturgess (again!). (Photo: Instagram, @oscarlist)
The mixed-race Mariane Pearl in A Mighty Heart (2007) – Played by Angelina Jolie. (Photo: Instagram, @tyukiko_tokyo)
Remember the whole #oscarssowhite debacle? Well, on whichever side of the fence you were standing on the whole boycotting campaign, these 10 whitewashed Hollywood castings are hard to believe or justify. Big names like Ben Affleck, Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Lawrence are all included in this list.
