>"When Dwayne called me and said, 'Welcome to Black Adam,' it was literally like what I imagined winning the lottery to feel like," Hodge said. "I had been very, very much looking forward to being a part of any kind of superhero universe. I didn’t care what it was for such a long time just because I had been such a fan. I grew up on graphic novels. I got into the business so I could earn money to buy Batman toys, you know? But as far as my pursuit of this kind of vehicle — for no particular character, but just any foot in the door — it had been many years. It was like 13 to 15 years of constantly going up to bat and getting told no... So it really was a validation of those last few years of pursuit, hustle and preparation. And for me, it was a real moment of disbelief."
>"As a comic book fan and a superhero fan, I love Hawkman’s nature. He’s an absolute warrior. He is a savage, and a savage for the best reason. He’s well-intentioned. But the thing that I love about him so much and that I connect to personally is his understanding and love of trying to get history right. It comes down to the cerebral part of it. He’s a professor, and because he lives so many lives, he understands; he was there. He is history. And when it comes to certain things in textbooks, he wants to get it right."
Yeah i'm sure every black kid wanted to be Hawkman.
Matthew Gutierrez
That's not what he is saying at all.
Owen Wright
The reason why comic book castings never bother me is because in 5-10 years there will be a new one. Why should I care that a black actor is playing a not black comic book character when in 5 to 10 years there will be a brand new actor for a brand new movie and rendition
Jose Roberts
No, he is saying the usual generic garbage an actor is obliged to say when he is promoting a movie.
Luis Stewart
This. Don't give money to DC, ever.
Juan Clark
>But the thing that I love about him so much and that I connect to personally is his understanding and love of trying to get history right
Ohnonono he will keep saying to his students that Egyptians were black.
Austin Green
He sounds like a nice guy.
Kayden Phillips
>playing a white, politically hard right, c-list hero who stands against everythibg me and my leftist holywood friends promote, best known for his temper, violence, and wife's role in a cartoon from over a decade ago is the fulfilment of my life long dream! Well, you do you dude... White Vixen when?
Grayson Ramirez
Do you feel like you might be kinda negative anons?
It’s just an actor. It’s great we get movies at all and don’t live in the fucking dark ages.
Because if they decide to not have the new casting be black, they will be called racist. Happened with Great Comet on Broadway. Josh Groban played the lead, quit so they cast a black guy, ticket sales dropped so hard that they recast him with musical legend Mandy Patinkin. Huge uproar about how racist this was, actual campaigbs. Patinkin decided to quit because of it and I think the show shut down after that. youtu.be/oPOeeWmTvdU youtu.be/PoZh3sNt0wY
Robert Davis
>politically hard right
That's Katar.
He's playing Carter.
Brayden Peterson
Well, there you go. A character so obscure people don't even know there's different people under the beak.
Evan Hall
Oh, they know. Their racism just supersedes the common sense.
Jonathan Carter
>racism Careful user, you'll get Zig Forumsmumblr screaming white erasure and racism towards whites isn't real.
Daniel Cox
It isn't.
Samuel Torres
What a tool. I bet he doesn't even realize that by all rights his character should be more famous than Rock's. And what kind of self respecting black male actor refers to his role as "savage". I myself don't know a whole lot about Hawkman, but isn't he known for being a well respected archaeologist and librarian on top of being an Egyptian guy reincarnated into a space cop?
Adam Morales
>Hawkgirl ends up being black GINGER GENOCIDE
Ayden Garcia
>And what kind of self respecting black male actor refers to his role as "savage
they probably couldn't find any whites who were excited about playing fucking Hawkman, I'm surprised they found anyone at all.
Christian Bennett
>but isn't he known for being a well respected archaeologist and librarian on top of being an Egyptian guy reincarnated into a space cop? no he's known for being a dumbass and a dick
