Did Duncan Jones intentionally use actors of different ethnic groups in Warcraft movie? [closed]
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In the Warcraft movie, there are actors which represent the different races on earth. Such as the elf king (or ambassador), the captain of the guards, etc.
Did the director intentionally choose these actors to send an anti-racism message? Or is this how he makes his movies?
It's a brilliant way to send a message, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea to do this in a movie that happens in another universe, while these ethnicities belong to earth?
Best Answer
The director wasn't adding a message of his own, he was simply basing himself on the source material. Not all Warcraft humans are white.
Although the Warcraft lore spans several games, and I'm not sure if every game contains skin color variations; World of Warcraft definitely contains skin color options:
Keep in mind that some of the games are rather old, and played in a top down view. Skin color would hardly be noticeable on an old monitor with what we now consider horribly low resolution graphics. It's possible that the lore included skin color differences, but the earlier games did not due to technical limitations.
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