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. Our film is not about the construction of the Great Wall. I believe that is a trend that should be embraced by our industry. For the first time, a film deeply rooted in Chinese culture, with one of the largest Chinese casts ever assembled, is being made at tent pole scale for a world audience. In many ways The Great Wall is the opposite of what is being suggested. Zhang, who had waited decades for the Chinese film industry to grow enough to support a project of this scale, seemed particularly frustrated in his statement, offered to Entertainment Weekly. Forget "white saviors": The Great Wall is really about fighting giant lizard monstersĮventually, the fervor reached such a degree that responses from both Damon himself (he called the controversy a “fucking bummer”) and director Zhang Yimou were sought.
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