There are five major heroes in our story and he is one of them - the other four are all Chinese. The arrival of his character in our story is an important plot point. Matt Damon is not playing a role that was originally conceived for a Chinese actor. You can read his full statement on Entertainment Weekly, but here's the key portion: Today, Zhang told Entertainment Weekly that Damon is not the central hero of the film and in fact he is only one of a five-person team - the other four are Chinese. Sacrificing all realism to put a white superstar in the leading role of a film is a common crime in Hollywood - see Gods of Egypt, Ghost in the Shell, or Disney's Pan just for recent examples - but Zhang claims that's not what is happening here. Zhang says most of the film's heroes are Chinese Because the film is set 1,000 years ago in China, many viewers wondered why on earth it would have a white protagonist. The trailer featured Matt Damon (and Game of Thrones' Pedro Pascal) going to battle with some screaming monster things atop the Great Wall. Zhang Yimou, the legendary director of House of Flying Daggers and Raise the Red Lantern, has responded to the backlash against the trailer for his upcoming monster movie The Great Wall.
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