It's also possible that the casting crew didn't find any actors of the appropriate ethnicities that were interested in being in (this particular
director's) live-action adaptation of a (mostly) kids' animation series.
There may have been actors that looked right, ethnically and all, but couldn't act, or sounded totally wrong for the characters they acted like. The
reverse is probably literally true; they found actors that may not have been the right ethnicity for the roles they were playing, but could act, and possibly
sound, the part. Combined with a liberal helping of They Just Didn't Care, that'd pretty much explain it.
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director's) live-action adaptation of a (mostly) kids' animation series.
There may have been actors that looked right, ethnically and all, but couldn't act, or sounded totally wrong for the characters they acted like. The
reverse is probably literally true; they found actors that may not have been the right ethnicity for the roles they were playing, but could act, and possibly
sound, the part. Combined with a liberal helping of They Just Didn't Care, that'd pretty much explain it.
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.