“The New Mutants” comics co-creator Bob McLeod made a Facebook post on Friday and complained how the movie apparently whitewashed one of his characters and misspelled his name.“I was very excited when I heard they were making a ‘New Mutants’ movie,” said McLeod.
“I thought making it into a horror movie was perhaps an interesting idea, but not at all how the characters should be introduced to the public at large.
But, hey, my characters in a movie! I never would have thought that would actually happen.”“But mainly I was very disappointed that Roberto isn’t short and dark-skinned.
Yet another example of Hollywood white-washing,” added McLeod.McLeod called out director Josh Boone and said, “There’s just no excuse.
So basically, #JoshBoone erased everything I contributed to the way the characters look.”Also Read: ‘The New Mutants’ Film Review: A So-So X-Men Spinoff With Teen Heroes and
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